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One for the English Country Dance experts, I think? I recently came across a rendering in 6/8 of a tune which I had previously seen with a time sig. of 6/4. The first version was in a modern tune book, the second was a transcription of the tune in Playford, where I can see many more tunes in 6/4. I now realise that 6/8 was not in common use until after ~1700(?). My question: Is it 'valid' to convert a tune from 6/4 to 6/8 like this? Certainly when I've tried it with a few more 6/4 tune from Playford, it seems to 'work' - but only some of the time... Thank you in advance for any advice/insight into this - my limited knowledge of music 'theory' has let me down badly in this instance...
