Hello, Laurie Griffiths wrote: > So we find we've begged some questions. OK, so Allegro is 120 per minute, > but 120 of WHAT per minute?? It then became clear that if you are playing > in 6/8 it would mean 120 3/8 notes but if you were playing in 2/4 it would > mean 120 1/4 notes and if you were playing in 4/4 it would p-r-o-b-a-b-l-y > mean 120 1/2 notes and then there's the Balkan and Turkish stuff
i did not participate in this "beat" topic since I do not use any of these classical tempo words in my music (but sometimes others). But, maybe I make an idiot of me by askin such, why if the beat changes with the meter, the meter (M:) isnt the field which defines by its content (I do *not* mean to add an extention to it) what Allegro (~120 beats per minute) means. what Laurie describes above is a clear connection between M:6/8 or M:4/4 or M:2/4 , M:C, M:C| and the "beat" of Q:Allegro. I belive it is not really neccessary to define the beat of allegro in Balkan music (like 3+3+2), I've never heard of such a definition in any other music notation context. And for sure it would be an abuse of the classical music's tempo word "Allegro". And if ever it will be possible to use 3+3+2/8 in an abc M: field, we can find a way to define allegro under such a M: field. Simon -- Simon Wascher - Vienna, Austria http://members.chello.at/simon.wascher/ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
