On May 2, 2007, at 2:41 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
I don't believe there is such a meter as 12 8ths to the measure. We have a meter called 12/8, but it's in 4, and notating in that meter implies certain things about the music. If those implications are inappropriate for the music you're writing, then don't use a meter that implies that.
That's a little too rigid. I can easily imagine a contemporary composer wishing to group, say, 3+2+3+4 eighth notes into a single measure. If the context included constantly changing meters, all with 8 on the bottom, then a measure of 12/8 would not, IMO, automatically imply 4 dotted Q to any educated musician.
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