On 2 May 2007 at 17:04, Andrew Stiller wrote: > > On May 2, 2007, at 2:41 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > > > I don't believe there is such a meter as 12 8ths to the measure. We > > have a meter called 12/8, but it's in 4, and notating in that meter > > implies certain things about the music. If those implications are > > inappropriate for the music you're writing, then don't use a meter > > that implies that. > > That's a little too rigid. I can easily imagine a contemporary > composer wishing to group, say, 3+2+3+4 eighth notes into a single > measure.
But that's not TWELVE BEATS -- it's 4 beats of varying duration. > If the context included constantly changing meters, all with > 8 on the bottom, then a measure of 12/8 would not, IMO, automatically > imply 4 dotted Q to any educated musician. Beaming can take care of a lot of this, yes. But what was described in the post was 12 undifferentiated beats. At least, that was my understanding. And I say that such a thing does not exist in music played (or perceived) by human beings. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
