Please consider the following: The large wind orchestra score has several
time signature changes. Among these are sections of measures in 5/4 time.
The composer, via dotted barlines within these 5/4 measures, switches
between 2+3 and 3+2 beats per measure according to the feel of the music.
During
If there's to be numerous alternations between 3+2 and 2+3 sections,
then using time signatures showing these digits will be confusing for
the players. A 5/4 signature with dotted sub-barlines would be my
preference.
Stravinsky uses 7/4 in the finale of the Firebird, which alternates
between
If there is no problem with multimeasure rests, the best way to
actually produce the dotted barlines in the middle of the 5/4
measures is to divide the passage into 2/4 and 3/4 measures, hide all
these time signatures, transform the necessary barlines into dotted
ones and use 5/4 for the
