Re: compound time signature with non duple denominator

[Hans Åberg]

> On 4 Nov 2016, at 20:31, David Wright <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On Fri 04 Nov 2016 at 10:55:45 (+0100), Hans Åberg wrote:
>> On 4 Nov 2016, at 03:21, David Wright <address@hidden> 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.