Re: [Finale] 4/4 to 2/2

[Aaron Sherber]

At 10:12 AM 11/12/02, Crystal Premo wrote:
>I have two measures of four quarter notes in 4/4 time, followed by two
>measures of four quarter notes in 2/2 time. If there are no tempo markings
>to the contrary, don't the quarter notes in the second two measures go twice
>as fast as the quarter notes in the first two?

I don't think there's a general rule for this. If I were reading this music, with no other indications, I would assume that the quarter note remains constant.

Some marking to clarify (quarter = quarter, or quarter = half) would be good in either case.

Aaron.

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