On 9/12/06 10:45 PM, "A-NO-NE Music" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Meyer responded off list, which helped me a lot. I am not sure > why he didn't respond to the list and I certainly hope he doesn't mind I > am mentioning here.
Sorry -- I wasn't sure if what I had to say would have been of interest to the whole list, but I'm happy to paste my original response to Hiro below. I hesitated to just call what Hiro was describing "form," as it's the umbrella term and not nearly specific enough to describe the KIND of form he was talking about. My original message below: -------------- Hi Hiro -- I'm not sure of the term exactly (there may not be one in English), and am looking forward to seeing if someone has an answer. But two ideas spring to mind that might relate (perhaps where an answer might be found): One is the theoretical idea of hypermeter (most notably espoused by William Rothstein in _Phrase Rhythm in Tonal Music_). Hypermeter is more about the grouping of measures into larger units, not necessarily equal, and not always with larger sections reflecting the same priorities as smaller sections -- but it might be a place to start looking for an answer to your question. The other, of course, would be the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio, which are very much reflected by where the "climax" occurs in your description. And since every smaller division reflects every larger division in your description, that fits as well. Fibonacci doesn't explain all the details of the four sections, but at least its a mathematical explanation of why the climax is where it is. Don't know if this helps you at all -- thought I'd give it a shot. I look forward to seeing what other listmembers say. ----------------- -- Mike _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
