Questions tagged [rhythm]
Movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
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How would I play these triplets?
I’m finding it really hard to play these triplets. Also any tips on how to overall count these bars as I’m struggling to count it as a lot of the rhythm doesn’t fall on the beat and I get confused. It ...
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Trouble feeling rhythm in section
The song is in 4/4 but this section is giving me a hard time feeling the rhythm. Clearly it can be divided into 16ths, but the pattern feels like triplets after the first note. For example after the ...
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6/8 piano music with 4 dotted eighth notes
I have a song in 6/8 that has 4 dotted eighth notes in the treble clef with no rests. On what beat does each note play? I cannot figure this out for some reason.
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Feeling eighth note quintuplets
Many of my favorite really complicated songs have these quintuplets in them (5 equally-spaced notes in the space of a quarter note), yet I can't seem to "feel" these 5-note subdivisions. I have no ...
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Can the rhythm of any music with a consistent pulse be represented through a time signature?
I tried this with a lot of world music (I myself am an Indian) and majority of it, that followed a consistent pulse or a well timed rhythm, could be expressed neatly using time signatures.
Can this ...
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Limits of interpretation in timing in a Bach piece
This is a question about a short part in Bach's Partita for Violin (BWV 1004) as played and interpreted by several different artists/instruments,
which can be heard at 19:56 on this Youtube upload.
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Regarding the beginning of Gould's B minor fugue, WTC 1, performance
I've listened to Gould's performance of this piece many times, sometimes following the score, and I've noticed that maybe Gould plays this piece wrong at the beginning.
Unfortunately, I am unable to ...
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Problem with understanding differentiating meters and time signatures
I am currently trying to attempt to transcribe the fourth movement of scheherazade by Nikolai Korsakov-Rimsky and around bars 30+ there is a time signature change which says: 2/8(3/8 6/16). In the ...
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Melody Phrases Starting 3th or 4th Beat
I'm Bahadir from Turkey. I'm a lead guitarist in a band and I have rhythmic problems, a lot. Trying to fix them, and this is the biggest one.
I can't enter my soloes which starts in 3th or 4th beats....
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What is a country song? [closed]
Etta James said (in a live recorded album Red Hot and Blue from 1982) that "I'd rather go blind" is a country and western song. What makes it a country song ? what classifies a song as country in ...
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How can I learn to play fills and licks without losing track of the time signature?
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"How to master counting while playing?"
What I am trying to achieve is the following:
For example, when playing a blues pattern with my guitar I want to play variations or fills. I find it ...
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Is this melody aligned with this drum beat? If so/not - why (not)? [closed]
I wasn't entirely sure how to ask this question, so I'll use visual references.
Please look at this piano roll picture: the green "blocks" represent the notes of a melody, the purple ones - the hits ...
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What are the Rudimental Rhythms?
In practical music exams, as well as performing prepared pieces there's also a section on scales and arpeggios. In the lower brass grades for example you might have to prepare two or three major ...
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Is it hopeless in terms of becoming decent musicians, if they can't count beats?
My flesh-n-blood guitar teacher has tried to get me to count beats (verbally or at minimum in my mind), and I think that I've tried reasonably hard in doing so for few months now. However I've come to ...
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How does 'meter' differ from 'rhythm' in music?
The following introductory books' definitions don't distinguish meter from rhythm. Please see the titled question. I asked this on Music Fans, but I still don't understand. Please expound more plainly?...
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Why don't we have third notes?
why isn't there a third note It could be use in 3/2 or 3/4,and others that divide the measure with 3,what more of a question it can be formed too. If there was a third not it would work well in 3/2 or ...
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4/4 vs 3/4 time signatures
I'm new to music theory so I'm sorry if my question is trivial.
Is it correct to say that, in practice, the only difference between 4/4 vs. 3/4 time signatures is where the accents are located? To me,...
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Unifying/Formalizing the ideas of cross-rhythm, polyrhythm and hypermeter
I am interested in the notions of polyrhythm, cross-rhythm and hypermeter, including acquiring more mathematically based concepts that can aid in quality music production. I have done extensive ...
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Are there situations where a time signature is unknown?
My understanding is that a time signature like 4/4 time is known because certain beats are emphasized, for example: ONE, two, three, four. But let's say someone created a song with tempo alone (ie ...
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Is the metronome the closest thing to a mechanical drum?
I noticed there's a lot of drum machines out there, but they're all electrical. Is the metronome the closest thing to a mechanical drum? and by mechanical I mean, there's no batteries/electricity ...
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How to find counter rhythms for vocal melodies over dominant rhythms?
Most of the music theory I have learnt/encountered was focusing on chords and notes of melodies, but not on interplay of melody and backbeat, hence I'm asking this question.
We are working on a song ...
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How to interpret the '3' notation underneath the first two quavers?
I'm trying to adapt a guitar piece to the piano. The piece, shown here, is in 3/4.
I've never seen this bit of notation before and I initially thought it was the indicator telling you to play 3 notes ...
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How can a metronome with a bell help with my practice?
I ordered a pretty standard mechanical Wittner metronome, the cheapest I could find plastic/no bell. But after I ordered it I realized there are metronomes that have a bell, so it got me thinking ...
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Is there a term for songs that have a “surprise change” in their rhythm? [duplicate]
There are many songs that begin with a repeating beat/instrumental that implies a certain rhythm (let’s call it “Rhythm A”), but then when a later instrument enters the song, it turns out that the ...
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How do I write this rhythm correctly?
I'm not that good in music theory. There is this rhythm I can't find the right way to notate. Logic Pro shows it like this: (if you need mp3. let me know).
And this is the rhythm I play. Right hand ...
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Does a phylogeny of Afro-cuban rhythms exist?
I've recently been immersing myself in Afro-cuban rhythms. There are many similarities between them, and it struck me that it would be interesting to learn how they are related to each other with a ...
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How to count dotted eighth without subdividing the counting
My piano teacher is explaining how to count dotted eight notes followed by a 16th note.
He says to count like this: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & (it is in 4/4 time).
Since the dotted eight note ...
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Turning lyrics into melody
Ive currently been having great difficulty turning my lyrics and poems into a melody. i've considered aligning the accented syllables as well as the meter with accented beats but am still having ...
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Octave in a triplet? How would I do that?
I am learning the left hand of Blumenlied by Gustav Lange and I notice something very tricky in the left hand. An octave starting a triplet. Here is how I have been playing that rhythm in the F major ...
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How can I determine odd time signature when listening to music?
I try to understand odd time by listening to the underlying pulse and the duration of notes, but it doesn't always work when the rhythm gets complicated.
What I mean is visualising the pulse as the ...
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transposing an open Bm chord with the capo on the 5th fret
What would the open Bm chord in G progression be when transposed with capo on the 5th fret?
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Sources of musical tension
I understand that harmonic tension occurs when you hang on a chord which "wants" to resolve, like a chord with a leading tone or certain dissonant intervals. Are there other sources of harmonic ...
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Can a time signature of a song be changed to a different time signature?
As an example, can you change a time signature from standard 4/4 time to waltz 3/4 and can you change a waltz to standard 4/4 time? Or more generally, can ANY time signature of a song be changed to ...
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Is Oom-pah and Boom-Chick the same thing?
In guitar travis picking style they talk about Boom-Chick alternating bass pattern, in piano and trumpets they talk about Oom-pah bass. Is it basically the same thing? I think they both talk about ...
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Counting duplets
I read about duplets in "Music Theory for Dummies" by Michael Pilhofer and it was introduced with the following graphic (not exactly the same - it should be interpreted as a rhythmic notation).
The ...
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'A Minor' songs suitable for a beginner that include lead and rhytmn parts [closed]
I'm a relative beginner to the guitar, and I'm looking to learn a few songs to compliment what I'm learning with my guitar tutor at the moment.
Right now we're working on House of the Rising Sun (in ...
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I was wondering about theory when it comes the rhythm and contour of melody lines [closed]
Like i was wondering if theres was any kind of way of making sense on how melody lines move or their rhythm. for examples are there rules when it comes to notes being held across bars.
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How to write 2 crotchet (quarter note) triplets when they don't start on the down beat?
I gave this question some thought but I may have worded it wrong so the best I can do is give an example. If you look in the second bar of the piece I am writing (below), there are three sets of ...
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How can you recognize whether a song is blues or jazz?
Guys I'm in the midst of studying jazz.
And I'm so confused whether jazz is the same as blues, especially the rhythm parts
If blues is using shuffle, then jazz is using swing? Then why sometimes blues ...
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Notation for fast notes across two measures
On one of the songs I'm writing, I have a few notes played on the end of one measure, finishing in the second one.
Here it is:
These three notes being played really fast, I don't want to use an ...
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How to play this rhythm precisely?
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Could someone please teach me how to play this rhythm?
The Medium Swing, two eighth notes equal to quarter note and eighth note triplet
Thanks !
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History of triplets
I was wondering about triplets : when and where were they used for the first time in scores? More generally, when were triplets used significantly (i.e. not one single time on one particular score, ...
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When counting in, why do people often do it at two speeds? (1_2_1234)
Something simple that I've found curious:
When people 'count in' a tune, to get all the players ready to start at the same time, I often hear them do it first at half-speed, then at full speed.
e.g. ...
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How to clearly notate tuplets, both “simple” and “complex,” in irregular meters
(There's a bunch here, sorry. I've used bold text to outline the flow of the main content of the question.)
Basically, I'm transcribing the rhythms of a song, mostly in a 6/4 & 4/4 feel, though ...
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Timing: Would listening to a metronome for hours on end help at all?
Adam Neely, my new favorite music Youtube person, suggests listening to a metronome for hours on end to improve your sense of rhythm/timing/tempo.
If my goal is to ...
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Is there any way at all to tell if these measures are 6/4 vs. 3/2? [duplicate]
It's once again time for everyone's favorite game, "why is this wrong on my test?"
This time, it's a "name that time signature" question that got marked wrong.
In short, the only other answer that ...
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How might I transition from a sad sounding 4/4 time signature to a more upbeat 12/8? [closed]
i am currently writing a song, and I need to pass between a very sad sounding 4/4 time signature, to a 12/8 time signature, which is a more happy sounding time signature. I am not willing to change ...
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Rules For Notating Tuplets
The first line shows 3 ways to notate the same rhythm.
The second line shows 2 ways to notate another rhythm.
The third line shows 4 various tuplet rhythms.
1) Are these tuplets all notated ...
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Which one is better midi controller or midi keyboard
I am confused whether to buy a midi controller or a midi keyboard. I currently use Yamaha E323 arranger keyboard and want to upgrade to the latest type within a budget of maximum 60000 INR
I am not ...
