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Originally Posted by scorpionldr  Should I start doubling what's considered a standard measure?? I was thinking last night about classical music, and the difference I'm seeing is like, the 4/4's and 6/8's almost don't sound like your just counting 1 2 3 4 5 6, it's almost like your counting 1 2 3. the reason I ask is just like, my music keeps getting faster, and i like it, it's just i almost feel like somehow I've destroyed what I've done by abbreviating it and maybe the speed issue would be resolved if i didn't think in a 4/4 manner but maybe if i just started treating the measures i write like classical music, where not everything is so linear....anyone get what I'm trying to get at? |
Err... I think.
Here's something to think about
: The thing that imho (and in the ho of quite a few other musical authorities, fwiw) is more important than
metric subdivisions to the understanding and execution of music is the
pulse.
IOW, in a fast 6/8 you really
don't have to be aware of that "1-2-3,4-5-6" racing along; it's more important to be aware of those dotted quarter notes (two per bar), how they are stressed, and how the music phrases with (or against) that duple pulse.
This becomes even more important when you start dealing with odd meters or changing time signatures. Rather than trying to count "1-2-3-4-5, 1-2-3-4-5-6, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11" it's more useful (and relevant) to feel the "long short, long long, short short long, short short short short long" pulse and relate that to the music.
