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Originally Posted by
jags
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Yes I can easily hear the guitar playing the quarter notes in the 6/4 measure. I can also faintly hear the cello play the dotted quarter note figures (along with the deep toms) in the 6/4 measure.
Yes, you could write the guitar part in 6/4 and the cello/ drum part in 4/4. But I have never seen it done this way before in my entire life. As a drummer, if I was to be given sheet music for this song, it would be presented in 6/4 with the low toms and bass drum rhythm notated in dotted quarter notes.
Although, like you said, it could be presented to the guitar in 6/4 and the cello/drums in 4/4. However, it would be a nightmare for a conductor to direct and the musicians to follow as the conductor would have to direct in 6 with one hand against 4 with the other!!
Yes, that is the bane of notation in general, what is the best way to present it to the performer. However given I really wanted two or more feelings to be equal and ambiguous I would certainly choose polymeter notation.
Problem with writing e.g. a 4 against 3 in 12/4 is that it hints that the feeling is 12, which is not the case if equalized. Thus in polyrhythms one should be aware what the base feeling is. If 4, it may be better to choose 4/4 as base and notate the above in triplets instead of straight 12/4.