Ha, I just looked at my midi for #10 again, and I think I'll change it a little. Somehow I managed to get close to the mathematical representation in the event list, but after "careful mathematical analysis" (she says while full o' crap) I'd like to make a minor change.

Jon, a triplet is usually 3 notes to one beat. For instance, in Cakewalk you can use the little "3" in the upper left of the staff notation in conjunction with a note value (such as an eighth note) to insert 3 equally spaced notes to one beat. In 4/4 time, if you did this on the first beat they would each have a length of 40 (because a quarter note has 120 ticks) and they would occur at 1:1:000, 1:1:040, and 1:1:080...each having a length of 40.

Playing 3 against 2 is similar, but much harder. The most famous example I know (Pip would know this one) is in Claire de Lune on the piano when the left hand plays 1 & 2 &......and the right hand has to fit 3 notes for every 2 in the left hand. You play the first two notes at the same time (hands together), then the next righthand note, then the next lefthand note, then the last righthand note. It's one of those things where you just have to go into right brain thinking and let it go on automatic!

Back to the 4th measure in #10 of the Spirituals. The last triplet in that measure has, instead of 3 eighth notes (as a triplet)...eighth note, eighth note, sixteenth rest, sixteenth note...all under the "3" signifying a triplet. My best solution is to go into the event listing and put the notes at 4:2:000, 4:2:040, and 4:2:100. The first two notes have a length of 40, and the last note has a length of 20. This is mathematically correct, but the notation comes out, sixteenth, eighth, sixteenth.

Another note to the Merry Midi Makers -- when there are two voices, I make a second track (channel 2) with a clarinet voice. The main track is channel 1 and has the grand acoustic piano voice. I like the clarinet voice because it sounds good on my inferior sound card. Susan, I'll have to look again and PM you which ones have that.