this is what one person told me:

"Today, I just went to my music teacher's house with the tape. Naturally, I asked him to listen to Seachran and tell me whether it is 9/8 or 3/4. Before I checked it with my teacher, I checked it myself, a student who has 8 years of experience with classical musics and theories. I strongly "believe" it's 3/4, not 9/8 but I wasn't 100% sure. My teacher has been doing music all his life and he is a quite reknown piano teacher in my town. When we finished watching Seachran the first time, he had to think for a moment because the beats really weren't very clear especially with Barb talking during the performance. The conclusion is there was many variations in the song because in some parts, a beat is subdivided to two or just one or half or one half. We listened to it again and he was sure Seachran can be considered as a 3/4 song and CERTAINLY NOT 9/8 because we don't hear : 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 during a measure in no where. In each beat, it is most often subdivided into 2 but sometimes only 1. No beat was subdivided into 4 or 3. If it was subdivided into 4, it would still have been 3/4, if it was into 3, it would have been 9/8. If each beat was not subdivided, that means it has only 1, then it is still considered as a 3/4. Therefore, with sureness, Seachran is definitely not 9/8. My teacher affirms with sureness that although this song is not a regular 3/4 timing of a regular waltz because it's strong beat is not as clear nor does it have the effect of a traditional effect of 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3...of a traditional waltz because it contains some variations in its subdivisions, but it is still a 3/4 timing song without a doubt.

In this sense, I think the fact that the rumor about Seachran is a 9/8 timing is proven to be false. In fact, a trick for all of you. Listen to the middle part of that song where there was no vocal it was the clearest part of the song and try to count how many "small" beats you hear in a beat and you will hear it is indeed subdivided into 2. "

So...it's now 2 out of three experts! lol

Susan