strathspey@strathspey.org:27756

Martin.Sheffield

odd-length phrasing

Oct. 4, 2001, 3:47 p.m. (Message 27756)

Anselm wrote:
>I would like to
>suggest that for a real challenge, 7-bar or 9-bar phrases might be more
>interesting. 

Try English country dancing for a change; no shortage of odd-length phrases
in the older dances.

Surprisingly enough, the 7, 11 or 13-bar phrases shock us less then we
might have expected.  Although we now limit ourselves to 8-bar phrases most
of the time, Baroque music had a far greater variety. have we been dumbing
down?
Martin,
 in Grenoble, France.

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