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?
>>> 
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