If you are uncomfortable with the 3/2 convention, rather than using the ambiguous 6/4 meter, have you considered breaking it into 4/4 + 2/4? (or vice versa)?
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > The conventional answer is 3/2, because as you say, traditionally 6/4 is > compound meter. > > I personally ignore this convention for exactly the reason you describe — > that it suggests that the underlying X/4 pulse changes, and that is > unintentional. In a mixed-meter piece, going from 4/4 to 3/4 to 5/4 to 3/2 > causes needless confusion. > > Sometimes, conventions are dumb. > > Cheers, > > — DJA > ----- > http://secretsocietymusic.org > > > On Dec 7, 2016, at 2:39 PM, j...@thomastudios.com wrote: > > > > I agree with David and Raymond, 3/2. > > > > > > *************************** > > J D Thomas > > ThomaStudios > > > > > > > >> On Dec 7, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Lee Dengler <leedeng...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> > >> I have a theory question for all you theory buffs out there. I am > writing a > >> piece that is mostly in a slow 4/4 meter (quarter note =60). > Occasionally, > >> I have a measure of 6 beats where the quarter note remains consistent. > In > >> those measures, the stress of lyrics falls on beats 1, 3 and 5. Should > I > >> make those measures 3/2 or 6/4. My uncertainty lies in that going to > 3/2 > >> makes it look like the half note gets the beat, but 6/4 is generally > >> considered to be a compound meter (3+3). Any words of wisdom? > >> > >> Lee Dengler > >> > >> leedeng...@comcast.net <mailto:leedeng...@comcast.net> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Finale mailing list > >> Finale@shsu.edu > >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >> > >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
