On 1-May-07, at 3:26 PM, Randolph Peters wrote:
timothy.key.price wrote:
If there are some on this list who might offer some advice, I have
a question: A section of amorphous music for stings is now in
12/8 time at 1/8-50 which is verrrrry slow and no beat is
stressed. [snip]
Or should I rewrite it and absolutely choose another meter
and increase the note value? Help/ lost.
It's been my experience that conductors do not like long measures
of slow tempo. Making twice as many measures in 6/8 is better than
longer measures of 12/8 at 1/8 = 50 MM. Even though it makes no
difference mathematically, it helps with the beating patterns and
the score/part reading. A musician can discern much easier where
you are with 6 beats rather than 12. (I'm assuming that the 4 beats
of three pulses does not apply here.)
Whatever you go with, make sure the notation reflects the beating.
There is nothing worse than having one thing on the page, and a
contradictory beat going on in your face. Someone mentioned that 3
groups of 4 eighths would be best notated in 3/2, which I would agree
with.
I think many conductors can deal with long slow measures, whether
they like it or not. Or maybe I'm spoiled (our conductor in the
Sherbrooke Symphony is very good, and I have played under him for a
long time now.)
I'd even be tempted to go with mostly 4/4, use tuplets, and let the
music fall where it needs to go.
I wouldn't go that far. The notation needs to reflect the music.
Eighth notes at 50 BPM are going to be horrendous as a tuplet.
Christopher
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