Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>The distinction to be made is between meter and rhythm.  That there is
>in effect a rhythmic X/3 is a fact.  A time signature however refers not
>to rhythm, but to meter or measure.  As you point out, X/3 is measured as
>a triplet half-note in a 4/4 (or equivalent) bar.  For that matter, you
>could notate every waltz as triplets in duple meter, but very few people
>do.

I looked at a Morton Feldman score once, I forget which piece, and the
whole thing was notated as quarter-note quadruplets in a 3/4 meter.  I
think the intended effect was to throw the performer off so he didn't
perform it 'squarely'.

Dan Schmidt | http://www.dfan.org