Peter, Not wanting to start up a huge discussion of metrical opinions on the list, I would suggest that 3/8 can be described either with "compound single" (a little unorthodox perhaps, but understandable) and "simple triple", depending on what tempo the meter is performed at. If it is a fast tempo in which the dotted quarter-note gets the beat, then the beat itself is divided into three eighth-notes and should be described as compound. If the tempo is slower, then the eighth-notes themselves are seen as the beat and they are divided into two sixteenth-notes, which gives you a simple meter. Hope this helps :-)
Rob Deemer DMA Graduate Assistant The University of Texas at Austin _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
