In a message dated 7/9/99 12:30:57 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
eerie@mnemonic.net writes:
quoted 8 lines my problem with 3/4:> > my problem with 3/4:
> > it never fails to remind me of waltzes.
> > i hate waltzes.
> > 6/8, now: there's a time signature i'm ok with.
>
> call me ignorant, but without resorting to heavy musical theory, what
> exactly is the difference between 3/4 & 6/8? mathematically they're the
> same exact thing.
In music there is something known as phrasing. When you play music, say for
example on a piano, you naturally put a little bit of emphasis on the first
note of each measure. When writing a song the composer must determine using
his own judgment what time sig a song must be written in. If he hears 6 8th
notes hitting.. meaning that he hears a new measure restarting after every 6
8th notes, then the song would be written in 6/8. Meaning he hears an
emphasis put on the first note of the measure,.. the phrases of the piece of
music are structured accordingly to this pattern. Yeah, I'm not very good
with words and I don't much care, I aints done much a' that readin stuff like
y'all have.
-=Aaron