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mapletrees can you help me??
well I guess that's kinda a stupid question. of course you can help me
I've been trying to teach myself to read music and I'm having a little trouble...with timing...what makes 6/8, 6/8, and what makes 4/4, 4/4...and so on. I've always been able to bc (that's bs edited) my way through reading music but wanted to take it a little further...I've been playing for about 2 years and it's that time I know you'll be able to help so I'm gona say thanks now so thanks james |
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hey...
the top number represents the number of beats per measure the bottom number indicates what TYPE of note gets one beat.. so... ex) 3/4 time means three beats per measure, and a quarter note gets one beat....each measure would be counted 1-2-3 (if you saw three quarter notes) or 1-an-2-an-3-an (those are 'and's' without the letter "d"...it's too tough to speak quickly with the d sound) if you saw six eighth notes ex) 4/4 time means 4 beats per measure and a quarter note gets one beat...each measure would be counted 1-2-3-4 if you saw four quarter notes or 1-an-2-an-3-an-4-an if you saw eight eighth notes things get a little funny when there is an 8 in the bottom... ex) 6/8 time would mean there are 6 beats per measure and an eighth note gets one beat... but what really happens is the following... 6/8 means you feel two groups of three...you count 1-an-uh 2-an-uh...and you accent the numbers....that's a totally different feel than 3/4 time even though the 'fractions' are equivalent... 9/8 means you feel three groups of three...you count 1 an uh 2 an uh 3 an uh 12/8 means you feel four groups of three...you count 1 an uh 2 an uh 3 an uh 4 an uh... something else that is common is what is known as 'cut time'.... cut time (denoted by a C with a vertical line through it) is just 2/2 time..two beats in a measure and a half note gets one beat if you saw 2 half notes in cut time within a measure you would count 1 2. if you saw four quarter notes within a measure in cut time you would count 1 an 2 an. Now.... Believe me....it would be a whole lot more productive to check out those reading music books I suggest in the Playing and Technique section....that stuff above must look and read like gobbldygook! Get the CD's too....
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Thanks,
It kinda makes sence. I've alway kinda known what was going on, it's just a matter of getting from kinda knowing it to being able to hear it....I was going to ask you for some books that would help but I was 99% sure you would recomend some even if I didn't ask...and of course you did now I just gota find them on the board then go find them in the real world. thanks agian james |
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Did you find it here in the Playing and Technique section....
Reading Music and Rhythm - Good Books... I tried to give honest pros and cons...nothing is perfect.....
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Indeed, there is something in the current DC/NY culture that equates a lack of unthinking boosterism with a lack of patriotism. As if not being drunk on the latest Dow gains is somehow un-American. - Arianna Huffington May 11, 2009 |