Ernest Smart wrote: >Tchaikowsy used 5/4 at least twice elsewhere: once in a ballet score, Do you know which? I let a few of the ballets play past me the other day and tried to stay on guard such, but might have missed it. >and once on the piano 'Valse a cinq temps' in Op.78 (or is it Op72-- I >forget). It's in Op. 72 (18 Morceaux for piano), no. 16, thanks for the tip. I looked for it and found it on a two-disk set of Tchaikovsky piano music (Michael Ponti) that looked worthwhile. >And no, I haven't heard the joke about 7/4. What is it?? Okay, I'll try: How does, let us say, a "rhythmically challenged" person count 7/4? One, two, three, four Five, six, seh-ven, One, two, three, four Five, six, seh-ven ... Apologies... Rick