I don't know what Don's piece looks like, but to take a well-known
example: "I like to be in America" is notated this way, with 6/8(3/4)
as time signature at the beginning, and I don't think there's any doubt
how to play or conduct this piece.
Michael Cook
On 21 Jan 2006, at 12:21, dhbailey wrote:
I'm glad you've got the actual problem sorted out. Now comes the
inevitable music theory question --
If you're just placing the two meters beside each other at the start
of the work, how will anybody know when a measure is supposed to get
the 3/4 feeling instead of hemiolas in 6/8?
With both meters allowing 6 8th notes (or 3 quarter notes) it may not
be immediately obvious in measures other than ones full of 8th notes
where you can show the meter with the beaming.
This is curiosity only, I don't mean to imply that you shouldn't do
things as you've done them, I'm just wondering how the musicians will
know the difference so they can play the different metrical stresses
properly.
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