On 12/7/2016 3:08 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: > 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.
I work with a community band made up of amateur musicians and whenever we've had music such as the piece in question where the music moves from 4/4 to 3/2, all it takes is a 10-second explanation "Keep the quarter notes constant through the meter change" and they've got it. No confusion. No lengthy wasted rehearsal time. When we have pieces that move from 4/4 to 6/4 I have to make the same explanation except that I need to add that the emphasis should be on 1, 3, and 5 and not 1, 4. So nothing is really gained by doing it one way or another. -- David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com -- ***** David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
