How is a steady tempo and consistent time flow maintained by the Agbekor musicians?
What will be an ideal response?
• A "time-feel (meter)" is established by all the performers by maintaining a "four feel" or background of four ternary beats, each beat containing 3 quicker units within it (similar to a Euro American compound meter of 12/8 where the dotted quarter note is the value of each beat). Remember, however, the author's use of the unconventional time signature—a number over a note value means "all beats in the measure have equal ‘weight' or metric stress."[1]
[1] In Euro American metrical music, a natural stress always occurs on the down beat of any grouping of beats, e.g., in 4/4 quadruple meter, the first beat of every four is stressed more than any of the other beats: | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | etc. (See also footnote No. 1.)
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Please provide the best answer for the statement.