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From: | Wol |
Subject: | Re: \time 9/8 (3/4) |
Date: | Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:05:26 +0100 |
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On 29/07/2022 12:30, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
Hi Carl,Just curious, because I know precious little about polymetry. Does 9/8 (3/4) mean anything different from (3 + 3 + 3)/8 ?
Yes: the parenthetical notation is usually an instruction to alternate time signatures, not simply a clarification of intention. For example, in “West Side Story”, Bernstein uses 6/8 (3/4) to indicate that alternate bars should be felt/conducted as 6/8 then 3/4 then 6/8 then 3/4…
You get the exact same thing with 633 Squadron. I don't know what the time signature is in the original, but I'm sure I've played arrangements where the piece is in standard 3/4, and others where it's 6/8 (3/4).
In the latter, the quavers are tripleted, but the crotchets are written and played in 3/4. Even worse, if it's 3/4 it's usually conducted in waltz time one to a bar but if it's 6/8 it's conducted in 6/8.
You need to make sure you know which arrangement you're playing :-) Cheers, Wol
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