Thread: Ending on "9"
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Old 10-06-2008, 06:01 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by dar512 View Post
No. I consider it a hanging measure with a single beat and a long rest.

Most music is written that way.

Same with pickup notes at the beginning of a song.

I think most musicians would expect 9/8 to have a different rhythm.
I'm with dar on this one. 9/8 would be three beats subdivided into 3 sub-beats ...
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