On Sep 29, 2004, at 6:24 AM, John Howell wrote:
At 6:28 PM +1000 9/29/04, Keith Helgesen wrote:
I have done a piece in 6/4 time- as the original given to me. It really should be in 6/8- it's very odd to read in 6/4. How do I 'convert' it?
I know about changing note durations- (m.m.-change-duration) and I know about changing time sigs- but how to do both at once??
As always, quick and helpful replies. But I'm struck by how set we get in our ways. Why "should" it be in 6/8? Why is it "odd" to read it in 6/4. Of course I do a lot of early music, and one has to get used to interpreting notes that look big and slow as being sprightly and fast, but learning to read it is just no big deal. Everything doesn't have to turn the page black, like a Beethoven slow movement.
John
Good question, John. I think we get used to a certain relationship of note value to basic pulse. That's all. I wrote an arrangement of "All Blues in 6/4 (I like to see it that way), that disturbed some folks who know it in 6/8. Brazilians write sambas in 2/4, full of 16th note syncopations that are difficult for me to read. Double the note values, and everything looks clear and easy to my 4/4, jazz musician'e eye.
Chuck
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