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Re: What's a moment?
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Peter Chubb |
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Re: What's a moment? |
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Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:36:56 +1000 |
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>>>>> "Mats" == Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> writes:
Mats> A quarter note is represented as 1/4, a dotted half note as 3/4,
Mats> ... Obviously it makes sense to add and subtract moments, but
Mats> since they internally are represented as rational numbers, you
Mats> also get multiplication and division for free.
So you're saying a lilypond moment is a duration of musical time, not an
instant in musical time? Is there a function to translate from
lilypond moment to lilypond duration and back?
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