1/128 1/256 1/512 1/1024 note durations?

[maresz]

Has anyone ever used these values ?
And in the repertoire ?

[charles_piano]

@maresz

And in the repertoire ?

Beethoven:
1/128 in e.g Piano Sonata op. 13

or in the 3d piano concerto:

1/256 in Mozart’s variations K. 354

[Vadian]

I’ve never used shorter values than 64th, I even remapped the 1 key on the numeric keypad .

In the repertoire there are rare occurrences for example in the introduction of Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata and in the beginning Adagio of Bach’s G minor Violin solo Sonata.

[benwiggy]

You can be sure that someone would complain if they weren’t implemented.

[charles_piano]

I just had a look at CMN Extremes (thanks to @FredGUnn for mentioning it a few days ago — it’s funny and I didn’t know it). It looks like the record goes to Anthony Philip Heinrich in his Toccata Grande Chromatica, with two 1/2048th notes!

But they also say it’s a mistake, that it should have been 1/1024th notes, — and I’m not brave enough to check

[David_Tee]

I love the caveat on that page… “However, Heinrich obviously wanted a huge ritardando here.”

He was going to get it, whether he wanted it or not…

[FredGUnn]

@Vadian

I’ve never used shorter values than 64th, I even remapped the 1 key on the numeric keypad .

Me too. I have numpad 1 set to start 3:2 triplet input.

[PeterThomsen]

@charles_piano

But they also say it’s a mistake, that it should have been 1/1024th notes

Indeed.

If you assume that the two staves are rhythmically coordinated, then it IS a mistake.

Remove one beam, and the math is correct.

[charles_piano]

@PeterThomsen

then it IS a mistake.

Thanks for taking the time to confirm it!