> On 4 Nov 2016, at 20:31, David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > On Fri 04 Nov 2016 at 10:55:45 (+0100), Hans Åberg wrote: >> On 4 Nov 2016, at 03:21, David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > (in a different timezone) > >>> My own experience of dancing is mainly >>> in the Scottish Country Dancing tradition, where such rhythmic >>> irregularities would be of no help at all. In a tradition where >>> 8-bar phrases rule, a dance like The Wee Cooper of Fife is highly >>> irregular, having four 10-bar phrases. >> >> I have encountered Mairi's Wedding, 8x40 reel: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mairi%27s_Wedding > > Mairi's Wedding is completely regular; it has five 8-bar > sections, which happens to sum to 40:
But they have to play it A B A B B, where each letter is a 8-bar section. >>> No, in the sense that the OP didn't ask for any subdivisions so none >>> were given in my response, see >>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-11/msg00074.html >> >> But there is no tempo given, and how strong is the accent of the 1 relative >> that of the 3 before it? > > Impossible for me to say. Good to know if one performs it. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
