Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Even Elliott Carter's metrical modulations don't resort to an odd >"denominator." Again, the reason is that there's no such symbol as >a third-note, as far as I know. Henry Cowell came up with separate noteheads for triplets, quintuplets, etc. (e.g., trianglular-shaped noteheads meant triplets, or something). Of course, no one ever used them but him, but it was a neat idea. Dan Schmidt | http://www.dfan.org