Re: Re: POLYRHYTHMIC COUNTERPOINT

[Toby G <carpet8@mac.com>]

They may not get distracted but they will count beats/pulses incorrectly.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raul Bonell" <raul.bonell@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: Re: POLYRHYTHMIC COUNTERPOINT


related story:

once, attending to a composition workshop led by orlando jacinto
garcía (who studied with morton feldman) i asked him why he was using
*really* odd meters like 29/4 and left intentionally in silence a
bunch of bars for some parts ... i couldn't figure out how somebody
could count that at first sight or why he was not using more
efficiently the meter tool, but he told me that that was the only way
he had found to make the performers count silent bars and don't get
distracted :)


2010/9/9 Toby G <carpet8@mac.com>:
> Yeah, it bothers me when somebody says a piece is in 45/8 or some huge
> number.
>
> t
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Walker" <looppool@cruzio.com>
> To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: POLYRHYTHMIC COUNTERPOINT
>
>
>> Per Boysen wrote:
>>>
>>> Another one was Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells; the first theme. Let's
>>> see... it must be 15/16. And that record was a chart topper and top 
>>> seller
>>> for months!
>>
>> Yeah, wow, how could I have forgotten that famous big seller!
>>
>> I count it as 30/8
>> divided 7/8 (2+3+3) + 7/8 (2+2+3) 7/8 (2+2+3) + 9/8 (2+2+3+2)
>>
>> It might sound like splitting hairs, but the time signature is generally
>> written according to the phrasing
>>
>>
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