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Author: taylornicole
Date: 2010-07-18 19:26
Can anyone give any hints to playing in 6/4? I've played concert music in 6/4 before but never marching band music and our entire show this year is in it. any help?
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-07-18 19:35
Treat it as 6/8 "alla breve", like (1)23(4)56,(1)23(4)56, i.e. two beats per measure, or as a crude "4/4 with triplet quarters".
Got an example piece?
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Ben
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-07-18 20:15
Is it a quick or slow march?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-07-18 20:23
> Is it a quick or slow march?
Funeral. ![[toast]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley15.gif)
The only pieces in 6/4 I've played was some (rather nonmensural) church hymns and Mussorgsky's "Pictures". Haven't seen proper marches in that meter, the non-2/2 or -2/4 were in 6/8, ie always two beats per measure.
Else marching would be rather challenging, wouldn't it?
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Ben
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Author: taylornicole
Date: 2010-07-18 20:29
its quick it starts at about 170and ends at 180. the fastest it gets is 186 bmp. it switches between 3/4 2/4 and 6/4. i can email you a copy of the music if youd like.
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Author: taylornicole
Date: 2010-07-18 20:42
ah. im a high school clarinetist. ive only been playing for about 7 years.. ive only marched for 3, never had to march anything in 6/4 before. the piece is on this website if you would like to hear it.
http://www.jksmusic.com/music/mb-comp/index.php?musicID=156
let me know what you think.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-07-18 20:43
Before you break any copyright laws and land in the slammer instead of behind your music stand, you might want to just tell us the title(s)...
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Ben
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Author: taylornicole
Date: 2010-07-18 20:48
ah. sorry i thought i had. its entitled stuck and composed by john m meehan. although my school owns the copyright and the title has been changed from stuck to domino. the voice overs have been removed.
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-07-18 20:57
It's certainly annoying enough to be a marching band piece. ![[rotate]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley25.gif)
As far as how to count it out for marching steps, I can't say. Might want to check with th e band's director on how s/he wants it to go.
I suppose that annoying computer-generated voice is an integral part of the music, too.
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-07-18 21:00
Oops, got caught in the refresh vortex. (or whatever the technical term).
Anyhow, I sense a 2-beat-per-measure pattern...sometimes.
Rather modern, innit?
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Ben
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-07-18 21:18
>>>Rather modern, innit?
Ben, are you slipping into euphemisms again? 
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-07-18 21:35
I thought he'd gone all South London there!
(Oops - should've been 'Sahf Lahndan'!)
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2010-07-18 21:37)
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-07-18 21:36
"again", how "again"?
I'm just trying to be diplomatic.
I say "fancy, inventive" when I look for the barf bag.
I say "solidly uncontroversial" after I've woken up from the Concert Coma (TM)
And I say "modern" when I haven't yet made up my mind whether I find it fancy, inventive or uncontroversial, or, for a change, interesting, inspiring or enjoyable.
When in doubt, I say "I'm not the vibrato kind of person".
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Ben
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-07-19 01:10
So, the verdict seems to be "fancy, inventive" as per Ben.
I hope the band didn't pay a whole lot for the commission. If they did, the booster organization might want to ask for some of the money back.
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-07-19 02:17
Of course, to be fair..... EVERYTHING sounds like crap when you do it on a MIDI setup, instead of using real instruments.
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-07-19 12:42
You're right, Alex. I wasn't specifically talking about windchimes when I railed against MIDI. I really despise synthesized music that tries to pass it off as sounding like the real instruments. Just doesn't sound right or good to me.
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: mrn
Date: 2010-07-19 20:16
Most 6/4 music is in compound duple meter (like most music in 6/8 time). There are some exceptions, though, like Dave Brubeck's "Pick Up Sticks," which you can hear in the below link (which, despite appearances, is "legit," because the record company [Sony] made a deal with YouTube to get a cut of the ad revenue from otherwise unauthorized uses like this [notice the purchase/download links]):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWCarwYV3lE
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