Re: Misleading autobeaming in 3/4

[Craig]

On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 12:00 -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> So the defaults should look like [8 8 8 8 8 8] and even [8. 16 8 8 8
> 8],
> but 4. [8 8 8] is wrong and needs to be 4. 8 [8 8] instead.
> 
> 6/8 would have [8 8 8] [8 8 8], [8. 16 8] [8 8 8] and 4. [8 8 8],
> respectively.
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup 

Hi All,

I must add that (I am speaking as a living composer, for what that is
worth these days), the above question has more to do with phrasing and
tempo.  I write the 4. [8 8 8] with musical textures that are developing
rapidly with a fast tempo, and I write 4. 8 [8 8] when things are
developing slowly.  Also, it depends upon the other parts of the music,
if there are further simultaneous subdivisions.  But, it is mainly
because of phrasing.  Brahms and Chopin expedited their notation.
Didn't Chopin and Brahms write 4. [8 8 8]?

Craig Bakalian