There is no logical reason to have 6/4 doing double duty; being both a duple and triple meter is confusing. In the example you state I would have written 4 bars 4/4 and one 2/4. By your way I would always have to check where the beat is in 6/4. What about 3/4 and 6/8?
Cortez On 17.12.2012, at 23:18, Darcy James Argue wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
