Hi all,
Hope you are all going ok.
I am writing a piece and the time signature is 6/4 (with some bars of 5/4 here and there).
I feel that the piece sounds good at crotchet = 180.
I am wondering if it is ok to express this tempo with such a high number? It seems rather a big number! But it is a good tempo to my ear. I think the conductor would choose to conduct it as 2 beats in the 6/4 bar, or 6 if they're feeling energetic.
Have you seen crotchet = 180 before?,
Hector.
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I agree with Motet.
When you go into 5/4 for the first time you might add (crotchet = crotchet) for clarity.
As for the general question of 180, both the very different mechanical metronomes I have here (one nearly 10 ins tall with the traditional wooden pyramid case, the other a Wittner Super Mini, which is as small as the name suggests) go right up to mm = 208. I think 180 can be found in the Rite of Spring, for example.
When you go into 5/4 for the first time you might add (crotchet = crotchet) for clarity.
As for the general question of 180, both the very different mechanical metronomes I have here (one nearly 10 ins tall with the traditional wooden pyramid case, the other a Wittner Super Mini, which is as small as the name suggests) go right up to mm = 208. I think 180 can be found in the Rite of Spring, for example.
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Thank you very much, everyone! Your help is much appreciated!
Cheers,
Hector.
Cheers,
Hector.