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List:       lilypond-devel
Subject:    Re: lilypond/Documentation/user advanced-notation.i...
From:       Graham Percival <gpermus () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-02-23 3:33:19
Message-ID: c051502d15d51e97fad765a13bdb8eef () gmail ! com
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On 21-Feb-06, at 11:24 PM, Trevor Bača wrote:

>> As the example illustrates, @code{ly:make-moment n m} constructs a
>> duration of n/m, for example @code{ly:make-moment 1 8} is an eight 
>> note
>> duration and @code{ly:make-moment 7 16} is the duration of seven
>> sixteenths notes.
>
> I like Mats's gloss of "n/m" and it might help even further to add the
> qualifier "of a whole note", so: "As the example illustrates,
> @code{ly:make-moment n m} constructs a duration equal to n/m of a
> whole note. For example, @code{ly:make-moment 1 8} constructs a
> duration equal to one eighth-note (or 1/8 of a whole note) and
> @code{ly:make-moment 7 16} constructs a duration equal to seven
> sixteenth-notes (or 7/16 of a whole note)."

Hmm... ok.  I don't really think this explanation needs anything added, 
but adding the "whole note" bit lets us finish a sentence before the 
"For example" bit.  Committed.

BTW, please remember to remove lilypond-cvs from the Cc when replying 
to CVS messages.

Cheers,
- Graham



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