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griphon2
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Joined: 08/14/02
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griphon2
Senior Member
Joined: 08/14/02
Posts: 297
06/19/2003 10:43 pm
I am an avid fan of Zappa, (we were born in the same city) and a fan of Brubeck, Parker, Dizzy and even Charles Ives.
I have no problem with oddball time signs, unless it can be written or read more simply. This can become a major can of worms, because of the different methods of teaching. For example, there are not endless possibilities for playing one beat. Endless possibilities are not possible for humans to play. Think maybe, not play. Especially the average player. It's rare to play a Waltz any more, except maybe Zydeco. To me as a writer and a reader, time signs don't say much without more info. 30 years ago, yes, today, no.
Bluesette is not a waltz. Sort of, sounds like one.

My problem is getting the computer to notate and perform correctly. Early Finales, weren't very good. Haven't checked lately. I've been seriously thinking about junking my Cakewalk investment, because Cake spends no time on the writing side of the program, but it's performance of written (not recorded) is very reasonable. I've conquered its earlier dropout problems. AudioPro 4 works, with my algorithms, sounds and almost notates correctly. I don't like the Sonar because it is not writer oriented. (makes placing notes very complicated) And it's very difficult to modify and play with it. I simply want a program that can play and write evenly a 5 to 7 note figure (or rather an odd ball figure) on one beat without having to modify the time signature and tempo in the process and it sound correct. All notes occupy a space in time. The programs I have tried do not allow this. You either have notation or performance,
not both. The computer won't allow you to fudge. Only and unless you fudge it.
A lie goes around the world before the truth gets it's shoes on. (Mark Twain)