I accidentally sent this only to Michael this morning (6/12). Here it is again for the list:
On Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:17 PM, Michael Edwards wrote: > [Brad Beyenhof:] > > > Compound meters have three beats per pulse: 6/8, 9/8, 6/4 > (sometimes)... > > I would have thought proper terminology would be "three > pulses per beat". > I learned that the "beat" was the primary unit of rhythm, and > that you could > term subdivisions of that "pulses". > Am I wrong on this? Or can you have it either way? I would've thought the same (and I originally had written it that way in my post), but Read calls the large units "pulses" and the small units "beats." I personally don't agree, but as a scholar I just wanted to stay consistent with previous research/publication. ------------- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
