On Mar 18, 2005, at 10:44 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hiro,
I don't know how many times I have to say this.
Measure numbers have NOTHING TO DO with the form.
You keep confusing two completely unrelated issues.
In a 32-bar AABA tune with a two-bar intro, you delineate the form with double bars and rehearsal letters or numbers, NOT measure numbers.
You still have to assign a unique number to each complete measure, though.
- Darcy
Darcy,
I was ready to capitulate on the numbering-all-complete-measures issue, but this went over the edge. You can say
Measure numbers have NOTHING TO DO with the form.
all you like, but in standard even-numbered forms, especially when written in lead-sheet format, many jazz musicians depend on the measure numbers to orient themselves. I know you understand about aligning the phrases with the beginnings of systems for readability; this is exactly the same. It may not be THE conventional way, but it IS a way that many players are familiar with, particularly with regards to standards. These are probably the guys who also number 1st endings as measure "8" and 2nd endings as "8a", to preserve the numbering scheme from phrase to phrase.
Yet, as Hiro said, if one is not composing in symmetrical phrases, it won't matter.
Christopher
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