Talk:Tuplet: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 20:47, 17 September 2007

Etymology

Could you tell me the etimology of this word? Does it have something common with a Tup? --A4 11:57, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See tuple and [1]. Hyacinth 05:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a back formation from 'quintuplet', 'sextuplet' etc. - all are '-tuplets' Ben Finn 10:19, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

Tuplet is a synonym of irrational rhythm as far as I can tell. (The only difference being that AFAIK 'tuplet' emerged as the term used in software such as Finale.) Hence I suggest these two articles are merged. Ben Finn 10:19, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It appears to me that the two are related, but not the same. T-1 17:13, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've honestly never heard the phrase 'irrational rhythm' before, but it sounds like tuplets would be a subset of irrational rhythms. Either way, I don't really see enough of a distinction to keep them separated. Maybe if someone could explain the differences I'd change my mind though. Torc2 20:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tuplets and irrational rhythm are not the same thing; a lot of musicians (and particularly music students) will be familiar with tuplets but may never hear the term "irrational rhythm" - for that reason alone, it seems reasonable to keep the two entries separate.

Ratio notation

The paragraph beginning "For other tuplets, the number indicates a ratio..." is evidently supposed to explain the ratio notation, but then it doesn't, continuing as it does as "So a quintuplet indicated with the numeral 5..." Could someone rewrite the paragraph using an actual ratio? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.122.157.131 (talk • contribs)

The number indicates a ratio whether it's explicit denoted or not. The ratio notation is explained later in the paragraph. If you think the wording is poor, improve it. It probably would be better if the illustration and the text referenced the same numerical ratio, however. —Wahoofive (talk) 04:37, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 :I've honestly never heard the phrase 'irrational rhythm' before, but it sounds like tuplets would be a subset of irrational rhythms.  Either way, I don't really see enough of a distinction to keep them separated.  Maybe if someone could explain the differences I'd change my mind though. [[User:Torc2|Torc2]] 20:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
+:Tuplets and irrational rhythm are not the same thing; a lot of musicians (and particularly music students) will be familiar with tuplets but may never hear the term "irrational rhythm" - for that reason alone, it seems reasonable to keep the two entries separate.
 == Ratio notation ==