On 29 Jun 2005, at 3:32 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
Would you use 6/8 for measures with 3 quarter-note beats?
Yes, of course. This happens all the time in Afro-Cuban and South American music. Usually, it's shifting between subdivisions of 2 and 3 within the 6/8 bar, but sometimes there can be long sections where the 3 subdivision predominates. But it's still a subdivision of 6/8, not an actual meter change to 3/4.
Also, the Buleria is a 12/8 pattern that alternates bars of 4x3/8 with bars of 3x4/8. It would be ridiculous to keep changing meter ever measure in this kind of situation. You just write 12/8 and beam/rest appropriately, and everyone understands what's going on.
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