Timeline for Why are only even values used for note duration?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
9 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2014 at 12:47 | history | edited | Luke_0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 722 characters in body
|
| May 5, 2014 at 9:33 | comment | added | awe | @AmericanLuke: Maybe you should include in your answer something about the relation between beat and time signature. The time signature is telling what is a beat, and the tempo (as you already said) defines the number of beats per minute. | |
| May 4, 2014 at 18:08 | comment | added | Luke_0 | Perhaps I did not make it clear enough that each piece has its own temp | |
| May 4, 2014 at 18:07 | comment | added | Roland Bouman | @AmericanLuke, In isolation, the question is not silly. However, you already clearly exlained the relation between note value, actual duration, and tempo. | |
| May 4, 2014 at 18:00 | comment | added | Luke_0 | @RolandBouman No question is silly :) . Each piece defines a tempo for the entire piece (or a section the piece). For example, in Beethoven's Cello Sonata in A, you can see the tempo marking "Allegro Ma Non Tanto". This means "Fast, but not too much". About 120-130 bpm, approximately. So, at that tempo, there would be 220-240 eigth notes in a minute. However, in a piece marked "Largo", the tempo would be about 45-50 bpm. That tempo is much slower than Allegro Ma Non Tanto, so an eighth note would have a longer duration. | |
| May 4, 2014 at 15:15 | comment | added | user139024 | I know, but what is the tempo of a eighth note? | |
| May 4, 2014 at 15:11 | comment | added | Roland Bouman | user139024 sorry but this question is a bit silly, the answer is already in @AmericanLuke's answer. | |
| May 4, 2014 at 14:59 | comment | added | user139024 | So how many beats per second is a eighth note? | |
| May 3, 2014 at 22:05 | history | answered | Luke_0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |