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Re: help notes and rests

Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2006-08-12 04:29

D stated:

<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>

Now that Chris P has given me the US equivalents of the UK musical terms I can understand all but the first part of D's statement. If 3/2 is 3 half notes (minims) in a bar, 3/8 is 3 eighth notes (quavers) in a bar, and 3/4 is 6 eighth notes (quavers), then 3/4 would have to be 3 quarter notes (crotchets) rather than 4 quarter notes.

Of course we are generally taught that the time signature indicates so many beats per bar (upper number) and the type of note to get each beat (lower number). Whether or not "beat" is the best word/concept for this purpose is beyond my knowledge, but its use as a term to designate time intervals that will be applied to the music and the notes therein seems quite natural to me. Irrespective of the number of beats per measure, or even if there is no division of the music into measures, the "beat goes on" as an interval standard to control the duration of all the notes (and rests) within the musical work lest there be no rhythmic structure (and repeatability or spreading of the work beyond the composer's concept & baton).

Am I on target here or do I need to go back to do-re-me and start all over again?

EuGene

Post Edited (2006-08-12 04:59)

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