> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton > Sent: 03 May 2007 21:24 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Finale] Conducting in 12/8 > > > On 3 May 2007 at 7:10, Owain Sutton wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton > > > Sent: 02 May 2007 22:43 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Finale] Conducting in 12/8 > > [] > > > > 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 > > > > Damn. I thought the bar before the Glorifcation de L'Eule > in the Rite > > was thirteen, but I checked the score and it's in fact eleven. So > > maybe twelve is the absolute cut-off beyond which we can't > conceive or > > perceive of non-emphasised beats. (Wait, I just did > perceive them in > > my faulty memory, didn't I? ;) ) > > I defy any performer or listener to not group those 11 beats into > some accent pattern. >
OK, fine. I've done that, as a listener. Next challenge? _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
