On 3 May 2007 at 7:10, Owain Sutton wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton > > Sent: 02 May 2007 22:43 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Finale] Conducting in 12/8
[] > > But what was described in the post was 12 undifferentiated beats. At > > least, that was my understanding. > > > > And I say that such a thing does not exist in music played (or > > perceived) by human beings. > > > > -- > > David W. Fenton > > Damn. I thought the bar before the Glorifcation de L'Eule in the Rite > was thirteen, but I checked the score and it's in fact eleven. So > maybe twelve is the absolute cut-off beyond which we can't conceive or > perceive of non-emphasised beats. (Wait, I just did perceive them in > my faulty memory, didn't I? ;) ) I defy any performer or listener to not group those 11 beats into some accent pattern. > And maybe the What Would Igor Do rule is actually the one to follow - > changing ever bar between 3/8, 2/8, 3/8, 4/8 could indeed preserve the > fliudity of rhythm which seems to be required in this particular > situation. Fluidity and meter do not conflict with each other one bit. If Stravinsky thought they did, he was simply mistaken. I actually suspect his point was something else entirely, though it often is interpreted exactly as you suggest. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
