On 29 Jun 2005 at 18:15, Christopher Smith wrote: > On Jun 29, 2005, at 6:04 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 29 Jun 2005 at 15:37, Darcy James Argue wrote: > >> - but > >> there are many excellent reasons why someone would choose 6/4 over > >> 3/2 for a piece in 3 half-note beats. > > > > None of the musical training or musical experience I've had anywhere > > in my life would lead me to see that as acceptable. > > You need to play more jazz, man!
I don't think 6 quarter notes is at all the same thing as 3x2/4 or 2x3/4, any more than 4/4 is indistinguishable from two measures of 2/4. I had not considered the meter of 6/Q because it doesn't really exist in traditional music. It also doesn't really fall under my formulation, as I have very clearly limited my comments to music that is subdivided as 3x2/4 that is notated in 6/4. What I'm saying is that music that is in 3/H should not be notated with 2/H. as the time signature. Can someone come up with a reason why that should be done? Basically what I'm saying is: If you use 6/4 to mean 6/Q, then it makes perfect sense to me. But if you use it to mean 3/H, it's confusing (because there seems to be no reason that 3/2 would not be preferable) and, I'd say, wrong. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
