Re: double-dotted 8th notes

double-dotted eighth note = 7/8 of a quarter note, so .875 or 84 ticks @ 96 tpqn.
Noel

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 19:11:59 -0900, Sean M. Burke <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was just looking at MIDI/Simple.pm's %Length hash:
>
> 'wn' =>  4,     'dwn' => 6,    'ddwn' => 7,       'twn' => (8/3),
> 'hn' =>  2,     'dhn' => 3,    'ddhn' => 3.5,     'thn' => (4/3),
> 'qn' =>  1,     'dqn' => 1.5,  'ddqn' => 1.75,    'tqn' => (2/3),
> 'en' => .5,     'den' => .75,  'dden' => .75,     'ten' => (1/3),
> 'sn' => .25,    'dsn' => .375, 'ddsn' => .4375,   'tsn' => (1/6),
>
> and I've looked at this a million times before, but today I just happened to notice: that says an 8th note is half a quarter note, and a dotted-8th is .75 of a quarter note, AS IS a double-dotted 8th note?!  That can't be right, can it?
> Shouldn't a double-dotted 8th note be... um... 7/8ths of a quarter note?  7/16ths?  Aaaaaaaa Rickeeeee music theory hurts my head waaaaaaa...
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