I think that's where I originally saw this sort of thing. - Don
on 1/21/06 5:41 AM, Michael Cook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
