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SSB in 4/4
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 10:56 pm
by sloan
I have only one question: why?
Re: SSB in 4/4
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 12:16 am
by ken k
come on Joe you should know that is in 2/2, not 4/4....
Re: SSB in 4/4
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 12:22 am
by ken k
one of my favorite performances of the national anthem was Whitney Houston's 1991 Super Bowl performance, which was in 4/4. It really feels natural in this rendition.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=wh ... &FORM=VIRE" target="_blank
kk
Re: SSB in 4/4
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:46 am
by sloan
Yup - that's the arrangement we're playing, sans Whitney Houston. I still don't like it.
Re: SSB in 4/4
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:45 pm
by GC
This makes me think of all the times I've seen drum majors/majorettes conducting the 3/4 banner in 2 or 4 . . .
Re: SSB in 4/4
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 5:01 pm
by Biggs
sloan wrote:why?
Philistines.
Re: SSB in 4/4
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:29 am
by timothy42b
I once directed an amateur ensemble in a selection from Water Music.
It's in 6/4, or 3/2, or something like that.
I rewrote it in 4/4, that was the only way they could play it. They did okay though, eventually.
Re: SSB in 4/4
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:21 am
by Donn
timothy42b wrote:I once directed an amateur ensemble in a selection from Water Music.
It's in 6/4, or 3/2, or something like that.
I rewrote it in 4/4, that was the only way they could play it. They did okay though, eventually.
Eventually, would a listener have heard 6 at all?
Re: SSB in 4/4
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:26 am
by timothy42b
My Dad claimed that when he was in an Army band, before I was born, the band was supposed to play Happy Birthday for the Garrison Commander at a formation.
The way the story goes, he had a low opinion of the band director and assumed the guy would not know Happy Birthday was in 3/4 and could not be played on the march. So he rewrote it in 4/4 and passed out the music.
But the band director DID know, halted the band, and directed it in 3/4, causing a train wreck and lots of punishment detail for my Dad.
True or not? I can't verify. It may even be one of those apocryphal tales that's been around for ever. My Dad swore to it, and he was an honest guy, but he didn't always let that get in the way of a good story.