David W. Fenton wrote:
If you're talking about choosing a meter for a composition of your own, you'd make the choice depending on what the musicians you're composing for would expect. If I'm writing for viol consort, I'd choose 3/2, since viols are more accustomed to reading small subdivisions in meters with large beat values. If I were writing for string quartet, I'd choose 3/4.
Why do you suggest that ordinary (i.e. non-'early music' specialist) musicians would have any difficulty with a minim pulse? I can think of at least one Schubert quartet with a fast finale in 2/2, and there's plenty more minim beats in standard repertoire.
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