Dan, Your points: "And to suggest to a serious composer or recording artist to just "stick
two 4/4 bars together and change the tempo to mimmick 5/4" is completely ridiculous. (No offense intended at all, Adrian... I just got a good laugh out of that.) " No offence taken, Dan. I just find it an easier way of getting my head round the arithmetic, that's all! I'd also assumed that the majority of db users are not "serious composers" , but a range of individuals, from serious hobbyists to aspiring professionals, and whose musical education is on a par with my own - patchy. If I've insulted anyone, I apologise, which is why I've copied it to the main list..
"Actually another thing Adrian said struck me as a little odd-- a
request to add more subdivisions of each beat. THIS is where a tempo change, and an understanding of time sigs, would apply. In standard notation it is EXTREMELY rare to find anything smaller than a 64th note. Even in very fast and complex Indian tabla rhythms, each beat rarely gets subdivided smaller than that. They just change the time signature." That was kind of an afterthought - I do find a maximum of 48 a little limiting, for writing e.g. flams or grace notes or buzzes. (Only David's excellent Ludwig kit provides flams and buzzes.)
I think the majority vote is for keeping the time signature, which is what Ben was asking! Best wishes, Adrian
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