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Originally Posted by Flint
When a song ends on a final downbeat, the "1" of a measure that isn't played out, I call that "ending on 9." Does anybody else consider the end of a song to be a single measure of 9/8?
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No. I consider it a hanging measure with a single beat and a long rest.
Most music is written that way.
Same with pickup notes at the beginning of a song.
I think most musicians would expect 9/8 to have a different rhythm.