In a message dated 7/9/99 12:39:02 PM EDT, philip@Ask.com writes:
quoted 2 lines my problem with 3/4:> my problem with 3/4:
> it never fails to remind me of waltzes.quoted 1 line i hate waltzes.>i hate waltzes.
there's very little "true" 3/4 outside of Classical music.
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.
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.
mr. e.
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