Jeff Bigler wrote: >> You have to put each P: field in all of the voices if you want to >> control playing order. >> >> Same goes for M: and K: fields (assuming that you want all the voices >> to change metre and key at the same point). > >The latter pair is actually useful for some picese. To give a couple of >examples, Charles Ives's first string quartet has a section in which the >first violin and viola are in one meter, and the second violin and cello >are in another meter. Bela Bartok wrote several duets in which the two >voices are playing in different keys.
Yes, even Bach did it. One of the Goldberg Variations has the two hands written in different metres. Phil Taylor To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
