David W. Fenton wrote:
On 23 Mar 2008 at 21:55, Owain Sutton wrote:
(Why
notate anything as 2/2, if it's likely to be heard as 2/4?)
This kind of comment makes me crazy.
You notate it as 2/2 because MUSICIANS PLAY IT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE
PLAY 2/4.
Certain styles of music make more sense in 2/2 than they would in 4/4
or 2/4.
You can really hear a difference in music performed in 2/4 rather than
2/2? Come on, now, put yourself in an audience and write the meters
down that you hear, and I'll be that your movements in 2 will be correct
half the time and wrong half the time, assuming you've never seen the
printed music before.
What's the performing difference when dividing the beat in half, if
using a half-note pulse and playing quarter notes or using a
quarter-note pulse and playing 8th notes? A beat divided in half is a
beat divided in half. Isn't it?
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