[Dixielandjazz] So many musicians, so little time

[David Richoux]

Here is a totally wild-ass guess (my music theory class was about 5  
days in 3 years of high school band and stuff I have "picked up from  
the streets." since then.)

If you have a measure that is 3 triplets (9 beats) then wouldn't each  
of them have to be a "9th note? So if you have 7 of them per measure  
wouldn't that be 7/9?

Sort of?
(unless it was a typo I cannot think of any other possibility ;-)

Dave Richoux

On Jun 30, 2007, at 11:34 PM, John McClernan wrote:

> 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
>>
>>