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Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]>
Sat, 5 Feb 2000 07:20:00 -0600
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Michael Cooper asks:

>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).

No.  Although there are half-notes and quarter-notes, there's no such thing
as a "third-note." Think about it.  What's the notational symbol for it? If
you're talking about the "numerator," however, there are lots of examples,
some of them quite famous.

Steve Schwartz

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