Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> writes: > Am 26.08.2013 13:45, schrieb Martin Tarenskeen: >> For example at some point in the score I have to combine two 3/4 >> bars in the right hand with one 2/2 bar in the left hand. polymetric >> music from 1830! > BTW: Schubert had a manner of playing with 'weakening' metrics through > the use of accents.
Bach does it even worse. I remember hemioles in several choroi that were discoverable mostly because the lyrics changed metre (in the meaning of "stress pattern"). I suppose that this kind of cue would mostly be lost on non-native singers. > I haven't found references in the 'official' literature confirming > this, but I've come to be sufficiently sure about it to dare to come > up with an example like the attached ones. Admittedly this is an > _extreme_ case but there are plenty of cases where he uses the > technique to e.g. write two 3/2 bars instead of three 2/2 ones. Overriding the composer with regard to metric choices may often be a bad idea since quite often there is a subtle ambiguity and balance between the different voices and their respective melodic highlights. A metre change might make a much more definite statement than intended by the composer. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
