[Dixielandjazz] time signatures

[Don Ingle]

I hesitate to note Louis' well quoted answer, but...
"If you have to ask, you'll never know."
Don Ingle

Jim Kashishian wrote:
> While driving between Seattle & Yakima, Washington recently (another
> story!), my son & I were listening to the car radio.  A song came on that
> was in 12/8 time, and I tried to explain the difference of the afterbeat
> from 4/4 time, due to the triplets on each beat (subdividing 12/8 time), how
> the afterbeat comes just a little later than in 4/4 time, etc.
>  
> Well, my son is a microbiologist, and my simple way of explaining this was
> not good enough for him.  He wanted to know why this & why that.  I'm no
> good whatsoever at explaining music to others, and although I got out the
> pencil & paper later, I was not able to make it clear enough for him.  He
> wanted the mathematical explanation.
>  
> Is there a book out there that explains time, musical time, that a
> completely unknowledgeable person could begin to understand?
>  
> Jim
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