Re: Time signatures ¢¢ and cc

[Shane Brandes]

Waltzes are only sort of in 3/4  time.  If you play them properly.

Shane

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Conor Cook <address@hidden> wrote:
> Remember (if it was ever pointed out), perfection in this case means simply
> completeness.  God is complete (perfect) in Himself, people are incomplete
> (imperfect).  According to Church theology, at least.  Maybe we are just
> especially aware of our incompleteness these days.  Or we simply prefer
> music that describes ourselves as a society.
>
> What’s that say about waltzes?
>
> Hmm…
>
> As for the actual content of Dan's original email, I got nothing.
>
> ~Conor
>
> From: Martin Tarenskeen <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Time signatures ¢¢ and cc
> Date: September 26, 2014 at 8:27:53 AM CDT
> To: Simon Albrecht <address@hidden>
> Cc: Dan Eble <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Reply-To: Martin Tarenskeen <address@hidden>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Simon Albrecht wrote:
>
> Now the interpretation and history of the various time signatures derived in
> some way from mensural notation is a complex issue, as is the disambiguation
> of c and cut c.
>
>
> One of the things I remember from my music Theory and History classes is
> that C had not much to do with the letter "C" but was in fact half of a
> circle. The Circle O was used when there were 3 beats in a measure, the
> Tempus Perfectum, 3 being the Holy number: God, the Son, and the Holy
> Spirit. In contrast the "human" 4/4 time was "Imperfectum" - just the half
> of a circle, making it look like the letter "C".
>
> Listening to the Radio and Spotify, where 99% of the music is in 4/4 time, I
> am afraid God is not in a winning mood these days ;-)
>
> --
>
> MT
>
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