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(idm) Re: waltzes, idm-digest V2 #762

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1999-07-12 14:13public anemone (idm) Re: waltzes, idm-digest V2 #762
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1999-07-12 14:13public anemone> my problem with 3/4: > it never fails to remind me of waltzes. > > i hate waltzes. > > 6
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quoted 6 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.
waltzes can be in 6/8 too.
quoted 2 lines there's very little "true" 3/4 outside of Classical music.> 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.
there's no such thing as a twelfth note. the bottom number in a time signature can only be an exponent (is that the right term?) of 2, i.e. 2,4,8,16,32,64, etc.. a song is in 3/4 if there are three quarter notes every measure, regardless if it's phrased like a traditional waltz.