Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > > "Pass the goddamn butter" is irregular the way I say it (quarter-eighth > triplet, two quarters, two eighths) unless you add a rest at the end and > flatten it all out. Then I can hear the 1-2-4-6 syllable part as the 4 > side, but did you mean 1-3-6 for the three side? That would be 4 against 3 > instead of 3 against 4, but I'll take it. >
This has been beaten to death, but here's one more kick at the can. The bottom line is still: dotted 8th + 16th, two 8ths, 16th + dotted 8th. This is the combined rhythm that emerges when the measure is divided simultaneously into 3 and 4. The picture John Bell posted says it all: X---X---X--- X--X--X--X-- X--XX-X-XX-- It really is as simple as that. And the same game can be played to work out the "combined rhythm" for other simultaneous meters. E.g. 3 against 8 gives (expressed in 6/8): two dotted quarters, quarter + 8th + dotted quarter, dotted quarter + 8th + quarter, 2 dotted quarters. I remember working out a pile of these as a kid and being amazed to notice that all the patterns come out palindromic-- which is obvious when you think about it: 3 against 4 is going to give the same combined rhythm as 4 against 3... Of course it's all quite useless... Cheers, Ch.S. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
