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12 questions linked to/from Is there any practical difference between 3/4 and 3/8 time?
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What is the difference between 3/2 and 3/4 time signature [duplicate]
I am confused between these two time signatures. What is the difference really. I can listen to a hymn in 3/2 time and i can see how easily I can replace the halves with quarters and the quarters with ...
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Why use meter of 3/8? [duplicate]
I see that most online scores of Beethoven's "Für Elise" specify its meter as 3/8. However, this one has 3/4 instead, which seems to make it easier to read (all the 1/16th notes become 1/8). I don't ...
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What makes a composer decide between time signatures 3/4, 3/8, or 3/2? [duplicate]
Is there a logic to why, for example, a composer would choose 3/8 or 3/2 over 3/4?
It seems like the n/8 would consume more ink than n/4, or make me look at more stuff at a time (cognitive overload ...
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What is the difference between changing a songs beat unit and its BPM? [duplicate]
A song in 3/8 is typically twice as fast as a song in 3/4, so what is the difference from doubling the BPM?
EDIT: I am aware of the difference between 3/8 and 3/4, but then what is the difference ...
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what difference beat value makes in time signature [duplicate]
I am trying to understand the intuition behind the time signature. My confusion is as below :
My first confusion was why in general every metronome beat is considered a quarter beat, but what I ...
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What's the practical differences between 4/4 and 4/8? (or 4/2, and so on) [duplicate]
I read a lot on the web about this topic, but the answer I got mainly is "depends on how composer will write the sheet music", and it seems a convention.
What (in practical) will change? ...
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Is there any real-world difference between time signatures such as 4/4 and 8/8?
These days I pretty much play everything by ear, but was originally trained in strathspey and reel violin so realise I should know the answer to this, but I can't remember what, if any, the practical ...
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How does the bottom number of the time signature affect counting?
I have learnt all the complicated mathematics subjects in my school, but that bottom number, I can't understand.
Ok, the notation will be different, and it will say what kind of note gets the beat, ...
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How does one choose the correct time signature to match the tempo and vice versa?
I am having quite some difficulty trying to determine the correct time signature as well as the tempo to match the rythm of the song I am trying to write for. It's not so much that I don't have an ...
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Time Signature Issue
I've been having an issue with this composition. Is it supposed to be 4/4 or would it become a different time signature? I know that 4/4 is 4/4 often because each note contains 4 beats- but often I ...
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Physiological basis for note durations?
For some reason (probably read something like this a long time ago), I have it in my head that there was some sort of physiological basis for some note durations.
This may have been something like, a ...
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Is there a rule for the different sounds of time signatures X/2, X/4, X/8 etc not just defined on a case-by-case basis?
The other day I saw this question here:
I don't understand the bottom number in a time signature
I got really excited, as this has been bugging me for many years now. I started reading the answers,...
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