[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While I respect the opposing point of view, I am not convinced that 12/12 is required.
I agree that 12/12 is unnecessary - for the same reason as 8/8 is hardly ever used. However, 7/12, 5/10 etc have a distinct function that cannot be substitued with a 'normal' notation
PPS - If the use of an uncommon and confusing meter is an attempt to stretch artistically, I admire that. If however, it is merely someone's ego to write something that very few can perform, I think it is a sad waste of perfectly good manuscript (paper or software file)
In the case of Ferneyhough (I keep on going back to him, because he's somebody that consistently uses the fluctuation of pulse offered by x/10 and x/12), he fully acknowledges that he writes music that will not be performed as often as music he could choose to write.
I've also seen him severely criticise students for writing unnecessarily-complex music.
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