Subject:odd time signatures

Posted by: kingkasual

Date:10/9/2001 11:45:25 AM

will we EVER get to do anything other than 4/4?!?

Subject:RE: odd time signatures

Reply by: PatrickL

Date:10/9/2001 1:44:54 PM

that is up to you

I have been accussed of doing 5/4 11/16 and 2/4 etc
I don't even know what the &#$# they are talking about.

I plan to though, just not soon.

Subject:RE: odd time signatures

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:10/9/2001 4:02:21 PM

What they're referring to is a relatively simple bit of music theory.

In a time signature, the top number represents how many beats are in a measure, while the bottom number represents what kind of note gets one beat.

So, in the case of 4/4, there are 4 beats to a measure, and a quarter note gets one beat. If a quarter note gets one beat in that signature, that means it would take 4 quarter notes to equal (or fill out) one full measure on a staff. (Did I confuse you yet?) :)

Remember your fractions? They help out a lot here in the case of what kind of note gets one beat.

Other typical time signatures are 6/8 (6 beats; eighth note gets one beat) and 12/8.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: odd time signatures

Reply by: PatrickL

Date:10/9/2001 6:37:58 PM

Thanks alot for clearing it up. Kudos!

But I really meant I will let CHAOS reign supreme until I seriously want to learn musical theory and add order and math to compositions

Subject:RE: odd time signatures

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:10/9/2001 9:22:54 PM

Hehe! CHAOS!