The difference between a barline accent and an internal semi-stressed bear is not subtle! And if we are talking about a musical gesture which extends a phrase from 4/4 to 6/4 (or 3/2), chopping that extended measure up into three smaller measures obscures rather than clarifies.
Really, the only reason to object to 6/4 subdivided 2+2+2 is that it's (mildly) unconventional. But conventions can and should evolve over time along with the music. Please note that I'm not saying that 3/2 is *never* the right choice when you want 2+2+2. Only that (especially in a multi-metric piece where every other time sig is x/4 and the pulse does not change) there are many good reasons why a contemporary composer might prefer 6/4 instead of 3/2 to indicate duple meter. That honestly doesn't seem like it ought to be such a controversial statement. Cheers, - DJA > On Dec 13, 2016, at 7:55 AM, timothy.price <[email protected]> wrote: > > Although it uses 3 measures if indicating a 2/4, rather than one 6/4 > measure, we seem to have come full circle. > If, as Christopher objects, there might be "too much" stress on > syllables 3 and 5. Fair, but perhaps only flailing at gnats. > Which makes me wonder what accents or tenuto marks are commonly used > to "not accent" a note? or even to decrease its volume? > I think of something like \ over a note to indicate that it not to be > stressed, or is to be decreased in stress. > What makings are there to do this? > > tim > >> On Dec 12, 2016, at 6:23 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: >> >> And to answer your question: >> >> With a expression above the measure that says "2+2+2” (as I believe >> Chris Smith also suggested). >> >> Cheers, >> >> — DJA >> ----- >> http://secretsocietymusic.org >> >> >> >>> On Dec 10, 2016, at 5:06 AM, David H. Bailey >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> So how would you indicate stresses on 1, 3, and 5 in a measure >>> containing 6 quarter notes without using accents or tenuto lines >>> or any >>> other articulation, but rather simply by the meter, which was the >>> original question? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] > > timothy.key.price > [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]
