Hi all, The conventional answer is 3/2, because as you say, traditionally 6/4 is compound meter.
I personally ignore this convention for exactly the reason you describe — that it suggests that the underlying X/4 pulse changes, and that is unintentional. In a mixed-meter piece, going from 4/4 to 3/4 to 5/4 to 3/2 causes needless confusion. Sometimes, conventions are dumb. Cheers, — DJA ----- http://secretsocietymusic.org > On Dec 7, 2016, at 2:39 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > I agree with David and Raymond, 3/2. > > > *************************** > J D Thomas > ThomaStudios > > > >> On Dec 7, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Lee Dengler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a theory question for all you theory buffs out there. I am writing a >> piece that is mostly in a slow 4/4 meter (quarter note =60). Occasionally, >> I have a measure of 6 beats where the quarter note remains consistent. In >> those measures, the stress of lyrics falls on beats 1, 3 and 5. Should I >> make those measures 3/2 or 6/4. My uncertainty lies in that going to 3/2 >> makes it look like the half note gets the beat, but 6/4 is generally >> considered to be a compound meter (3+3). Any words of wisdom? >> >> Lee Dengler >> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
