On 11/14/02 12:43 PM, "Crystal Premo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I am going to spend a small amount of time teaching my actors about 5/4
> time, but I despair that there simply cannot be a folk song or a public
> domain song of any kind that is in 5/4 time.  Any thoughts?


It is relatively easy to take a quadruple meter tune with fairly regular
rhythmic arrangement of melody and add a beat (e.g., Red River Valley); and
even more effective to take a tune in 3 or 6 and omit a beat from every 6
(My Country, 'Tis of Thee, When Johnny Comes Marching Home).

Tim Thompson

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