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Michael Cooper <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:22:28 EST
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I wrote:

>> Can anyone cite specific examples of (preferably classical)
>>music wherein there is a denominator in the time signature that is not a
>>power of two (of course, one=two to the zero power).

And Barry Brenesal replied:

>Too bad you had to add that "classical" part.  Traditional Bulgarian folk
>dancing uses 5/4 and 7/4, frequently alternating phrases or sections with
>more standard 2/4.

No problem finding classical music with the *numerator* being 3 or 5 or
6 or 7 etc.  I'm talking about the *denominator*.  E.g.  2/3 time, as I
described in my post...

Michael Cooper
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