On Jul 8, 2005, at 10:54 AM, Owain Sutton wrote:
ctually, Ferneyhough's apparently-ludicrous metronome markings have a
logic to them. A score I have in front of me begins with 8th=54, the
next marking is 8th=60.75, then 47.25 and back to 54.
This may seem an impossible task - until you realise that the ratio
54:60.75 is the same as 8:9, and 54:47.25 is 8:7. So they're actually
rather simple shifts in tempo.
And should have been notated as such.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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