Symbolic / Rhythm / Beats
A rhythm in beats
exactNeeds tempo before it sounds· carries timing
0.888,0.888,0.888,1.334
Address
rhythm/beats/0.888,0.888,0.888,1.334Same value
Also written as
Every notation of the rhythm concept, formatted from this value by the Symbolic library.
- Beats · this pageexact
0.888,0.888,0.888,1.334 - Note valuesexactq,q,q,q.
- Millisecondsexact444,444,444,667
- MIDI ticksexact426,426,426,640
- 0:0.888,0.888:0.888,1.776:0.888,2.664:1.334
Rhythm event cannot be represented on a 4-cell-per-beat grid.
Other concepts
Bridges
Converting into another concept may need context this value does not carry (a root, an octave, a key). Where it is missing the library assumes a default and says so; where a step drops information it is listed.
No bridge leads from this concept to another yet.
1 bridge exist but fail for this value
Rhythmic pattern
rhythm→fractional-rhythmic-pattern: No grid of 1–96 steps per beat holds every duration of this rhythm.
Path rhythm → fractional-rhythmic-pattern
Live coding
Use in Symbolic Cycle
sym('rhythm/beats/0.888,0.888,0.888,1.334')sym() plays pitches; this rhythm could not be written in box notation for .rhythm().