Then what is the meter of the third movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony?
BF > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Finale] Re: OT - 3/8 Time Sig > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
