Yes, I conducted it in a large 3 with two bounces on each beat. I tried to stay clean because there was a lot going on there and I didn’t want to distract anyone from what was important (nailing the figures!) I agree that the music should come out properly, and I try to make sure that when I am writing it that the notation agrees with what is being heard as much as is possible, given the limitations of our notation system.
Christopher > On Dec 10, 2016, at 10:13 AM, David H. Bailey <dhbaile...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On 12/10/2016 8:34 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: >> You might have missed my response. I said the passage in “Arabesque” in 6/4 >> was marked “2+2+2” and I agreed with it. >> > > I did see it, but I had forgotten it this morning. :-( Sorry. > > So how did you conduct that? In the traditional 6 pattern that > conducting books teach? > > I've never had a problem with performers when I've conducted such a > measure in a subdivided 3/2 (whether written in 6/4 or 3/2), which is > what it essentially is, bouncing twice on each of the three beats, thus > indicating all 6 quarter notes, but keeping the stress on 1, 3, 5. > > Ultimately it comes down to each situation compositionally and each > situation from the performers' perspective. How the composer chooses to > write it and how the conductor chooses to conduct it matters only in as > much as the music comes out properly. > > -- > ***** > David H. Bailey > dhbaile...@comcast.net > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > _______________________________________________ > 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
