At 05:53 PM 2/12/06 -0500, Cecil Rigby wrote: >You don't say whether the beat unit remains the same, or if the two >different meters are both perfect, both compound, or a comn=bination. I >makes a difference.
I think this is a perfect example of a notational failure. The notation is opaque. The use of the equal sign has been interpreted by some as 'these are the same' and by others as 'this changes to that' as if it were an arrow. I can never wrap my head around the difference, and have always disliked that notation (Johanna Beyer plays with that in a clarinet suite I'm engraving right now, putting "8th=8th" at the end of *every* system throughout one movement!). I'd go with the stylistic tradition/information of the time for older pieces, but for my own pieces, now I just change the metronome mark and let the players deal. Perhaps redundancy might help--showing the metric relationship with arrow or equal sign (depending on what I meant) and including a metronome indication along with it if there was any chance of confusion. I have vague memories that Carter does it, but have no score here. Still don't like it, though. :) Dennis -- Please participate in my latest project: http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/365-2007.html _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
