Hi. Rob. I think we need to know more about the genre to give advice. For example, in BIAB, Afro-Cuban 6/8 is written in 4/4 using triplets to simulate 12/8. I'm not sure about 9/8 since I never tried it.

Can you tell us what styles you are considering, and what genre? Or what is the song, if it's not an original? Also, what is the general tempo for a quarter-note or dotted quarter-note pulse?


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