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Re: help notes and rests

Author: D
Date: 2006-08-11 21:07

3/4 means 4 crotchets. 3/2 would be 3 minims and 3/8 would be 3 quavers. therefore you could have 6 quavers in a 3/4 bar.

A beat is a bit of a mess because of terminology. I was always taught as a child that 4/4 is 4 beats in a bar. But its not. It's 4 crotchets. If the conductor wants to beat in 2 or in 1 he can. As I often end up playing music which was originally written without bar lines this happens quite a lot as the conductor disagrees with the editor or arranger, or the music flows better with 1 beat.

Rests.

The place these get confusing is if there is nothing in a bar but a rest. Sometimes rather than write in 3 quaver rests in a 3/8 bar, the arranger will put a "big monkey" rest which would normally indicate 4 crotchets - the little square box hanging off the second line down.

if you are confused look at the time sig, and make sure you have looked at the bottom number. I have been doing this 24 years and I am STILL confused....maybe I should have carried on lessons!

Good luck.

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2006-08-11 20:48

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