6/4 Time Signature

[martha argerrrrrich]

I was going thru this in my mind.    I would like know if any pieces by famous composers for the Piano had 6/4 time signatures. Immediately i can think of Franz Liszt's Liebestraume. Can you think of any piece from the classical(all periods) repertoire that has 6/4 time signature?

Thanks, appreciate ur responses! 

[mike_lang]

Chopin Barcarolle should; also the first Ballade, I believe.  If not 6/4, they are the 6/4 feel.

[erak]

4th prelude from WTCI

[martha argerrrrrich]

Chopin Barcarolle should; also the first Ballade, I believe.  If not 6/4, they are the 6/4 feel.

Thanks..

4th prelude from WTCI

'Thanks i will chek it out

[musik_man]

6/4 is the same thing as 6/8 at half the tempo.

[pianistimo]

il vecchio castello from mussorgsky's pic's is in 6/8 but has a 'dance feel' that the 6/4 might?  btw. i have a question on measure 27 of this piece as it looks like the g# is held - but it's not, right?!  there's also the slur from the b to the g# which would indicate that they are connected and a melodic slur?  also, measure37 seems to indicate a cadence of a melody which includes the lower note.  is this correct?

bach's english suite has somedances that have 3/2 which is cut time to 6/4.  courantes 

 

[mike_lang]

bach's english suite has somedances that have 3/2 which is cut time to 6/4.  courantes 

Careful - 6/4 generally implies compound duple, not triple meter.

[mikey6]

bach's english suite has somedances that have 3/2 which is cut time to 6/4.  courantes 

Careful - 6/4 generally implies compound duple, not triple meter.

I think it's generally the last cadence bar where the rythmic pulse gets switched from 3 to 2.

il vecchio castello from mussorgsky's pic's is in 6/8 but has a 'dance feel' that the 6/4 might?  btw. i have a question on measure 27 of this piece as it looks like the g# is held - but it's not, right?!  there's also the slur from the b to the g# which would indicate that they are connected and a melodic slur?  also, measure37 seems to indicate a cadence of a melody which includes the lower note.  is this correct?

b 27 according to my score has no slur - there's a phrase coming over from b25 (i'm assuming you mean RH) b37, not quite sure what you mean, b36-7 is b26-7 doubled in octaves so I guess it's the same.

[invictus]

Saint-Saens - The Swan from The Carnival of Animals

 

I love that piece, even though its a slow piece. Thats because i play the cello 

[pianistimo]

thanks, michael, i do get careless sometimes.  guess that you can't just make crossovers without thinking of the duple or triple implication.  checked the first chopin ballade, and it does have 6/4.  the time signature is just written in after the first couple of lines.

and, about the castillio, i'm pretty sure that the g# in the rh is played.  it just doesn't make sense any other way since every other repeat of the idea is playable entirely to the last note.

[mikey6]

i'm pretty sure that the g# in the rh is played.  it just doesn't make sense any other way since every other repeat of the idea is playable entirely to the last note.

Whoops. yeh, I meant to say that the g# does get played (I mentioned everything else but what you asked for )