On 12/19/2012 12:47 PM, William Sinclair wrote: > Hmm - I seem to have started a "row." > > Well, I wanted to keep the same tempo per quarter note, > normally 4/4 measures, > but this particular phrase had an extra two beats in it. > I thought it would be easier to make a measure 6 beats, instead of > splitting it up into a 4/4 and a 2/4 measure. > > In other words, it's not consistently 6/4 throughout, just an "odd ball" > measure the > composer threw in for everyone's amazement, and I wanted > to make it as easy to read as possible. >
"As easy to read as possible" is very dependent on the musicians who will be expected to play this. Darcy's band can play anything he throws at them, so if what you notate makes sense to you it would most likely make sense to them also, or at least they would be able to work it out with a minimum of fuss. On the other hand a community band full of amateur musicians who are expected to look at 6/4 and interpret it as 4+2 is likely going to fall apart but if they look at another bar of 4/4 and then a bar of 2/4 they'll be just fine. So the actual answer to your question is that it depends on who the printed music is for -- if it's for general publication then the more obviously clear to less experienced musicians that you can make it, the better. Many of us were taught, wrongly or rightly, that 6 subdivides into 2 groups of 3, so to do otherwise won't be automatic. -- David H. Bailey [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
