Re: \time 9/8 (3/4)

[Hans Åberg]

> On 29 Jul 2022, at 15:21, Kieren MacMillan <kieren@kierenmacmillan.info> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Hans,

Hello,

>> Hindemith, "Training…", indicates that 6/8 is always bipartite, so the 3/4 
>> is a metric shift in this music piece.
> 
> Correct.
> 
>> By contrast, 9/8 is tripartite, just as 3/4, so I do not see any obvious 
>> difference here.
> 
> The difference is that each of the three big beats in 9/8 is subdivided into 
> three eighth notes, while each of the three big beats in 3/4 is subdivided 
> into two eighth notes… Writing it this way means that you don't have to write 
> the tuplet notation on alternate bars.

Yes, notational convenience, but the OP described it as wanting to have 3/4 
"feeling", which raised some questions over what this might mean.