16 Dec
2002
16 Dec
'02
10:18 p.m.
David Olofson wrote:
On Monday 16 December 2002 23.08, Tim Goetze wrote:
thanks for asking.
1) it is simply not the way counting time as a musician works.
if your measure said 3.5 / 2, you'd count 7 quarters.
actually and mathematically proving this unfortunately is
beyond me, you have to try it yourself.
2) the first time somebody uses 1/3 and 1/4 at the same time,
accumulating beat algorithms don't give the same result
reliably where they should.
tim
Paul Davis wrote:
Can you expand on that? >i'd be happy to hear a good example
proving this wrong. but
>take note that i don't accept 1/2, 1/3 and relatives as
>qualifying because they can better be (and usually are)
>expressed using integer numbers.
[long reasonings elided]
alright, have your way then if you need all the complication
for so little to gain, and if your scheme gets the votes.