I completely agree with Darcy James Argue Giovanni Andreani
> On 13 Dec 2016, at 15:47, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
