Re: irrational meters

[Aaron Hill]

On 2023-01-18 1:23 am, Paul Hodges wrote:
> As for alternatives, I suppose dyadic will do; but irregular is 
> certainly wrong - there is no reason for an irrational tempo to be 
> irregular, in fact, anything that can be expressed as a time signature 
> is being given a regular definition.

Church hymnary already uses the term "irregular meter" to describe hymns 
that have no consistent metrical structure.  ("Peculiar meter" is also 
used.)  Though to be clear, there one is talking about the poetry and 
verse as opposed to musical structures such as measures.  However, as 
there is a practical connection between texts and tunes, it might be 
best to avoid confusion with overloaded terms that span the topics.


-- Aaron Hill