Waltzes are only sort of in 3/4 time. If you play them properly. Shane
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Conor Cook <conor.p.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > Remember (if it was ever pointed out), perfection in this case means simply > completeness. God is complete (perfect) in Himself, people are incomplete > (imperfect). According to Church theology, at least. Maybe we are just > especially aware of our incompleteness these days. Or we simply prefer > music that describes ourselves as a society. > > What’s that say about waltzes? > > Hmm… > > As for the actual content of Dan's original email, I got nothing. > > ~Conor > > From: Martin Tarenskeen <m.tarensk...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Time signatures ¢¢ and cc > Date: September 26, 2014 at 8:27:53 AM CDT > To: Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de> > Cc: Dan Eble <nine.fierce.ball...@gmail.com>, lilypond-user@gnu.org > Reply-To: Martin Tarenskeen <m.tarensk...@zonnet.nl> > > > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Simon Albrecht wrote: > > Now the interpretation and history of the various time signatures derived in > some way from mensural notation is a complex issue, as is the disambiguation > of c and cut c. > > > One of the things I remember from my music Theory and History classes is > that C had not much to do with the letter "C" but was in fact half of a > circle. The Circle O was used when there were 3 beats in a measure, the > Tempus Perfectum, 3 being the Holy number: God, the Son, and the Holy > Spirit. In contrast the "human" 4/4 time was "Imperfectum" - just the half > of a circle, making it look like the letter "C". > > Listening to the Radio and Spotify, where 99% of the music is in 4/4 time, I > am afraid God is not in a winning mood these days ;-) > > -- > > MT > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
