Michael Cooper asks:
>Can anyone cite specific examples of (preferably classical) music wherein
>there is a denominator in the time signature that is not a power of two
>(of course, one=two to the zero power).
3/3 is just fine as a time signature. Imagine a siituation where you want
the triplets to be the dominant rhythm in a hemiola.
As for what a "third" note looks like, its a half note triplet.
Stirling