On 4/12/04 3:06 PM, Owain Sutton wrote:My preference, from a performer's perspective, would be to have the whole thing in 20/8, and use dotted barlines to show the irregular subdivisions.
I have two different suggestions:
1. Like Owain suggested, use 16/8 (not 20) throughout, and notate (3+3+3+3+2+2) on the first measure, and then notate the new division when it changes. Alternatively, you could do this with (d.+d.+d.+d.+d+d) where the d's are quarter notes, stem-up.
2. You could use the method Orff does in Carmina Burana: rather than put time signatures on every staff, just put 4/p.+2/p above the first bar, and then 2/p.+1/p+2/p.+1/p or whatever above the bar when it changes. Obviously, don't use fractions; just put one on top of the other (similarly, the p's here would be quarter notes, stem-down).
-- Brad Beyenhof
I would endorse that, as it makes things a lot more understandable immediately. The dotted barlines are more useful when the divisions DON'T change constantly.
Christopher
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