Simple TIME SIGNATURES 4 2
music theory for musicians and normal people by toby w. rush
Notation: Metre a fundamental feature of most pieces of music is a consistent rhythmic pulse.
this pulse is called the beat, and a single pulse
is called a beat unit.
the coors "heaven knows" [drum intro] forgiven, not forgotten (1996)
there are two types of beat units: those containing two divisions, called simple beat units...
q EE
q. EEE
...and those containing three divisions,
called compound beat units.
in music, beats are organized into patterns of accented and unaccented beat units. in fact, if you listen to a sequence of repeated notes, your brain will probably start to
Q Q Q Q Q Q> Q Q Q Q> Q Q Q Q> Q Q Q Q> Q Q Q >Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q perceive the notes as groups of two, three, or four, even if no accents are present!
the organization of beat units and bars in
a piece is called metre. Metre is described by two numbers placed at the beginning
of the piece: the time signature.
these groups are called bars,
barline
bar
and they are delineated with barlines.
simple TIME SIGNATURES are easy.
3 Q Q Q Q Q Q the top number
3 indicates the number 4 of beats in a bar.
the bottom number
4 indicates the type of note which serves as the beat unit.
the code for the bottom note
4 is pretty easy: refers to 8 a crotchet, to an quaver,
16 to a semiquaver,
and so on.
compound TIME SIGNATURES are kind of lying to you.
6 Q . Q . Q . Q . the top number indicates the number
6 2 of divisions in a bar. to get the 8 number of beats, divide it by three. the bottom number indicates the type of
8 note which serves as the division.
in fact, wouldn't this be
to get the beat unit, use the note that is equal to three of these notes
an easier way to notate compound metres?
in a compound metre, the beat unit is
always a dotted note!
sorry... the man says
you have to do it
by looking at the top
the other way.
number of the time signature,
you can tell two things about the metre: whether it's simple
notes that have flags can
or compound, and how many
be grouped together by using
beats are in a bar.
beams in place of flags.
beats per bar
simple compound
22 6 33 9 4 4 12
however, beaming is only used to group notes within beats. for the most part, you shouldn't beam notes between beats,
nor should you tie notes within beats.
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