I agree with Darcy. When reading the score I'd much rather see 6/4. The shift to 3/2 causes me to have to think a bit more.
I did an arrangement several years ago where the quarter note stayed constant but had lots of meter changes (it was approximating some chant and I wanted to use downbeats to line up word stresses). It was much easier to read putting it in all x/4 Allen > On Dec 7, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Breaking up the bar asymmetrically like that might work in certain > situations, but there are many cases where it will not, and 6/4 really is the > best answer. > > YMMV as they say, but I never lose any sleep over using a binary 6/4 and it > has never caused any confusion for performers. > > Cheers, > > — DJA > ----- > http://secretsocietymusic.org > > > >> On Dec 7, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> 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. >> >> Sometimes, conventions are dumb. >> >> Cheers, >> >> — DJA >> ----- >> http://secretsocietymusic.org >> >>> On Dec 7, 2016, at 2:39 PM, j...@thomastudios.com wrote: >>> >>> I agree with David and Raymond, 3/2. >>> >>> >>> *************************** >>> J D Thomas >>> ThomaStudios >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 7, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Lee Dengler <leedeng...@comcast.net> 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 >>>> >>>> leedeng...@comcast.net <mailto:leedeng...@comcast.net> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> Finale@shsu.edu >>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
