[Dixielandjazz] So many musicians, so little time

[John McClernan]

I have an MA in music ed., but I have never heard of 7/9 time.
What in the wide world of sports is 7/9 time?
Cheers,
John


On Jun 30, 2007, at 3:14 PM, OArkas at aol.com wrote:

> Interesting thread;
> The music I play, Greek music, uses 7/8, 5/8, 7/9 + 5/8 (ie 12/8),  
> 9/8, and
> many more mixed meters in various types of syncopations.   The most  
> common
> meter in ancient Greek poetry, the epitrite, was a 3 beat meter  
> with a length
> ratio of 1 1/2 to 1 to 1 (ie 3, 2, 2 ie 7/8).
> Fun music.
> John Pappas
> www.greekfolkmusicanddance.com
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