Re: notation rule question

[Mike Solomon]

On Jul 23, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Phil Holmes <address@hidden> wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Solomon
> 
>> I’ve never seen a hemiola in 4/4 - the most frequent use of it I’ve seen is 
>> in 3/8 in Händel’s music.
> 
> Something of a cheat, but check out Sea Fever, by John Ireland - the 
> penultimate bar in each verse?
> 

’tis cheating - I vote for taking away one point from John Ireland for 
violating the “Thou shalt not write a 12/8 piece in 4/4 unless said 12/8 piece 
is consistently swung and you are using the two eighths equals triplet quarter 
triplet 8th” commandment.

Cheers,
MS