yay music! boo math!

[king_of_cups]

So my thesis starts with a movement involving metric modulation, where the orchestra starts at 60bpm and every increases exponentially over time by way of the dotted quarter of one section becoming the quarter of the next. What this means is that if I were to include specific tempi aside from the notation of dotted quarter = quarter, it'd involve

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[saurencaerthai]

Give the explanation, but add a note at the end that if they are confused by the above, just forget it and play the damn part.

[king_of_cups]

That's what I was thinking. The reason I asked is that I've found out that sometimes when I explain things like that, musicians tend to go blank and have no idea what I'm talking about. I do like your addendum about forgetting it and playing the damn part! :-)