That is the traditional view. My own view is that 6/4 with the half note getting the beat is perfectly acceptable and logical in a modern context, especially if you're dealing with a mix of, e.g., 4/4 and 6/4.
I have a piece where the time signature pattern is always 3 bars of 4/4 followed by a bar of 6/4 (subdivided in 3). It would be confusing to write those measures as 3/2 instead of 6/4 -- it would suggest that the underlying unit of pulse changes, when it does not. I have other pieces where the subdivision changes constantly from 2+2+2 to 3+3 and back, and it would be ridiculously cluttered to change time signatures every time that happens. There's no logical reason why 6/4 can't be made to do double duty. Cheers, - DJA ----- N.B. Please note my new email address: [email protected] Kindly update your Address Book, thanks! WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Dec 17, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Jón Kristinn Cortez <[email protected]> wrote: > > Three beats with a half note for the beat is 3/2, can never be 6/4 > > Cortez > > > > > > On 17.12.2012, at 22:39, Darcy James Argue wrote: > >> Hi William, >> >> It's not a bug. Traditionally, 6/4 is a compound meter -- two beats per >> measure, dotted half note has the beat. That's why Finale shows only two >> slashes (and will add dots if you have "add dots to slashes in compound >> meter checked). >> >> If you want your 6/4 to be three beats per measure with the half note >> getting the beat, you can set up those options in the Time Signature >> dialogue box. >> >> Cheers, >> >> - DJA >> ----- >> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >> >> On Dec 17, 2012, at 5:30 PM, William Sinclair <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I have not seen this before. Have any of you? >>> >>> When I have a measure of 6/4, and I use SLASH notation, >>> it puts only 2 slashes for a 6/4 measure. >>> >>> Is there a way around this problem? I want to avoid a HAND edit. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
