Re: [Finale] Asymmetric time signatures

2004-04-12 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 3:30 PM -0700 4/12/04, Brad Beyenhof wrote: On 4/12/04 3:06 PM, Owain Sutton wrote: My preference, from a performer's perspective, would be to have the whole thing in 20/8, and use dotted barlines to show the irregular subdivisions. I have two different suggestions: 1. Like Owain suggested,

Re: [Finale] Asymmetric time signatures

2004-04-12 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 4/12/04 3:06 PM, Owain Sutton wrote: > My preference, from a performer's perspective, would be to have the > whole thing in 20/8, and use dotted barlines to show the irregular > subdivisions. I have two different suggestions: 1. Like Owain suggested, use 16/8 (not 20) throughout, and notate (3

Re: [Finale] Asymmetric time signatures

2004-04-12 Thread David H. Bailey
I have seen similar "amorphous" time signature works where such a time signature is given once and the metric groupings shifts, giving it the amorphous character. But it was clear from the music that the groupings as indicated in the time signature would be moving around within the measures.

Re: [Finale] Asymmetric time signatures

2004-04-12 Thread Owain Sutton
My preference, from a performer's perspective, would be to have the whole thing in 20/8, and use dotted barlines to show the irregular subdivisions. Taris L Flashpaw wrote: Hi all! I figured I'd tap the wisdom of the list on this one. A new piece I've started to write is in a rather unusua

[Finale] Asymmetric time signatures

2004-04-12 Thread Taris L Flashpaw
Hi all! I figured I'd tap the wisdom of the list on this one. A new piece I've started to write is in a rather unusual time signature (12/8 + 2/4) and it starts off having the four dotted quarters followed by the two plain quarters. However, I'd like to move the two plain quarters around in th