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Barry Brenesal <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:43:18 EST
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Michael Cooper writes:

>Any comments? 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).

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.  The important thing is to keep dancing and disregard
the tricky changes of rhythm.

Barry Brenesal

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