 1.16.23  5:41 pm I wasn't the original asker of this question...but do you think in these types of situations, the time sig is just about what is easiest to write/read on a page?
sure. although a lot of people make weird choices........ 3/4 is more popular but that usually makes the bars tiny (depending on the tempo). because most songs with a 3-feel have the little beats going by at a much faster tempo than quarter notes would usually be. on the other hand, if you consider the whole group of 3 as one beat, you can use 4/4 and put the whole thing in triplets. but that would actually make the bars 4 times longer. possibly too long. in these situations where 3/4 is too tiny and 4/4 with triplets is too long, i usually go with 6/8, which keeps the note values at about the speed you'd expect them to be, and it keeps the bar size at a comfortable speed of about 2 or 3 seconds per bar, as it probably would be in most 4/4 songs