Carl Sorensen <carl.d.soren...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 1:52 PM Eef Weenink <h.e.ween...@de-erve.nl> wrote: > >> This score starts with \time 9/8, but i also should have 3/4 feeling, so >> there is written: >> >> 9/8 (3/4) (in parenthesis). > > > Just curious, because I know precious little about polymetry. > > Does 9/8 (3/4) mean anything different from (3 + 3 + 3)/8 ?
With 9/8 I think of the third movement of BWV1041, Bach violin concerto in A minor. A slight difference to 3/4 and triplets may be that the first eighth note feels more flexible regarding stress and meter than one would expect a triplet to be "among its equals". Also there are some rhythmic patterns 16 16 16 16 8 in arpeggiated phrases that don't really have a triplet feeling to them. > To my novice eye, both mean that it's 9/8 with three primary beats per > measure. Also to my novice eye, it seems that 9/8 can/t have a 3/4 > alternate time signature; perhaps a (3/4.) , but not a (3/4). It just suggests the accent structure of 3/4 over 9/8, not a mathematical equivalence. > I;m not trying to be argumentative, or say that the original > composer/engraver is wrong. I'm just interested understanding some of > the new conventions. -- David Kastrup
