quoted 6 lines most of the 3/4/waltz-time that you hear in pop or dance is really 6/12.>most of the 3/4/waltz-time that you hear in pop or dance is really 6/12.
>if you listen, the phrasing isn't classic waltz (ONE-two-three;
>ONE-two-three).
>it's more like:
>ONE-two-three-four-five-six-SEVEN-eight-nine-ten-eleven-twelve.
>
the time signature 6/12 does not exist! The bottom number is always
a multiple of two (or sometimes '1'). but it sounds like you're
describing 6/8...
quoted 7 lines there's a big difference.>there's a big difference.
>
>even the few waltzy pieces that surface (like some early Cocteau Twins
>numbers or Chapterhouse's "Then We'll Rise") are really in 6/12.
>
>i'd challenge anyone to come up with an example of 'new' music in true 3/4.
>
FSOL's 'Far Out Son of Lung' is very clearly in 3/4 (but far from a
waltz in tempo & rhytmic feel...)
-B
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