On 27 Mar 2008 at 5:54, dhbailey wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > On 26 Mar 2008 at 6:39, dhbailey wrote: > > > >> David W. Fenton wrote: > >>> On 23 Mar 2008 at 21:55, Owain Sutton wrote: > >>> > >>>> (Why > >>>> notate anything as 2/2, if it's likely to be heard as 2/4?) > >>> This kind of comment makes me crazy. > >>> > >>> You notate it as 2/2 because MUSICIANS PLAY IT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE > >>> PLAY 2/4. > >>> > >>> Certain styles of music make more sense in 2/2 than they would in 4/4 > >>> or 2/4. > >> You can really hear a difference in music performed in 2/4 rather than > >> 2/2? > > > > You know perfectly well that's not what I said! > > > [snip] > > But if it's performed differently as you claim, being a sound-based art > form, won't there be a difference in the sound?
Well, sure, but not necessarily a sufficient difference for the listener to determine which meter is used in the notation. > By claiming that the musicians will perform music differently [your > word] if written in 2/2 from music written in 2/4, then there must be a > difference in the sound. And if there's a difference in the sound, you > must be able to hear it. If you can't hear a difference in the sound, > is there really a difference in the way the music is played? Red herring, again. > I agree that there is a different psychological aspect to various > movements in a multi-movement work, where one duple meter may be 2/4 and > another be 2/2, but I still maintain that given the same piece of music > with the same metronome indication for the unit of beat, there won't be > a difference among competent musicians between two versions of the same > piece, one in 2/2 and one in 2/4. > > So we have to agree to disagree. :-) Indeed, we do. And I disagree quite vigorously. In fact, I'd say that the more competent the musicians, the greater the difference! -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
