Klarinet Archive - Posting 000454.txt from 2003/07

From: Patricia Crispino <clarinetmasterplc@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Teaching problem
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:35:31 -0400

ok, pardon my typos. yes half of a half note is one
full beat therefor a dotted half note equals three
full beats. half of a quarter note is an eighth note
which is one and two, half of an eighth note is a
sixteenth note, and so on. the math is correct here.
sorry about any confusion, my brain was a little ahead
of what i wrote.

in george crumb's star child all time signatures in
all parts are notated with with number over note. i
thought it was a little helpful and i know that others
felt the same way.

--- Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:54:17 -0700 (PDT), Patricia
> Crispino
> <clarinetmasterplc@-----.com> wrote:
> >
> >... i mean, half of a quarter note is half a
> >beat therefore a dotted quarter note is three
> counts.
> >half of a whole note is one full beat therefore a
> >dotted half note is three full counts.
>
> ...you mean "half of a half note", yes?
>
> >students knew how to really count and i used
> somewhat
> >of a fraction method. 1/2 is half note which means
> >half a beat, 1/8 is a sixteenth note and so forth.
>
> I'm not sure what you're trying to say, but I'm sure
> the math is wrong there.
> A half note is rarely half a beat, but if 1/2 is a
> half note, then 1/8 cannot
> be a sixteenth note...
>
> >... teaching the key signatures and what gets the
> >beat works really well, i think rhythm is more of a
> >visual thing, show them that 2/2 is two beats of
> half
> >notes per bar. write a two over a half note, it
> >helps.
>
> I assume you're actually teaching the "time
> signatures", rather than the "key
> signatures"...
>
> The score for the band transcription of Orff's
> Carmina Burana uses exactly
> that notation to mark the (rapidly shifting) time
> signatures: number of beats
> on top, picture of the note that marks the beat on
> bottom. I found it
> distracting, but I suspect it would be quite natural
> once you got used to it.
>
>
> --
> - Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
>
>
>
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