How to Tell if Music is in Simple Time or Compound Time - Music Theory
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Date: 2022-03-28
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Olivia
i-m a third year music major but i-ve been in and out of school and my music major - i-ve always heard how compound time felt different. but I never understood how to count compound meter. hearing -simple meters divide into two, and compound meters divide into three- with the example showing that we group into three made it click. thanks for the work you put into the videos
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i-m a third year music major but i-ve been in and out of school and my music major - i-ve always heard how compound time felt different. but I never understood how to count compound meter. hearing -simple meters divide into two, and compound meters divide into three- with the example showing that we group into three made it click. thanks for the work you put into the videos
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Baback
I had never understood the difference between simple and compound times so clearly. Thanks a lot for that. Can you please make a video expanding this subject and focus more on the hearing part? We are so used to hearing 4/4 and 3/4 in modern music that our ears are not entirely familiar with other compound time signatures. Thanks in advance
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I had never understood the difference between simple and compound times so clearly. Thanks a lot for that. Can you please make a video expanding this subject and focus more on the hearing part? We are so used to hearing 4/4 and 3/4 in modern music that our ears are not entirely familiar with other compound time signatures. Thanks in advance
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Raul
Yes, I hear many people, including some instructors, say that the top number in 6/8 refers to the number of beats -- -We have 6 beats in a measure and the eighth note gets a beat- -- As the video explains, that is NOT true. We always count two beats in each measure of 6/8... Hope I am understanding that right.
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Yes, I hear many people, including some instructors, say that the top number in 6/8 refers to the number of beats -- -We have 6 beats in a measure and the eighth note gets a beat- -- As the video explains, that is NOT true. We always count two beats in each measure of 6/8... Hope I am understanding that right.
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Richard
This is incredibly helpful, thank you. I think my problem was that I was being too mathematical about it - i.e. '3/2 and 6/4 are just equivalent fractions which are worth the same thing so how is there a difference?' I now realise that it's more about the 'feel' of how they are played.
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This is incredibly helpful, thank you. I think my problem was that I was being too mathematical about it - i.e. '3/2 and 6/4 are just equivalent fractions which are worth the same thing so how is there a difference?' I now realise that it's more about the 'feel' of how they are played.
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education
This is fantastic. Really good to know about 2 beats being simple time and 3 beats being compound time as I thought it was totally random and without a clear system however it's good to know these concrete rules like 2,3,4 beats would be simple time for example. Thanks -
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This is fantastic. Really good to know about 2 beats being simple time and 3 beats being compound time as I thought it was totally random and without a clear system however it's good to know these concrete rules like 2,3,4 beats would be simple time for example. Thanks -
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Regina
The explanations are just so simple, yet makes you understand everything fully. I've always had so much trouble with this, and now studying for the ABRSM tests, I really gotta sit down and master these. Thanks so much for these tips and explanations!!!
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The explanations are just so simple, yet makes you understand everything fully. I've always had so much trouble with this, and now studying for the ABRSM tests, I really gotta sit down and master these. Thanks so much for these tips and explanations!!!
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pear
I finally understand what I didn't when I clicked on this video! But, while I was watching, another question arose. What if the top number is 5 or 7 or 11 or something like that? Will it be simple or compound and duple, triple, or quadruple?
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I finally understand what I didn't when I clicked on this video! But, while I was watching, another question arose. What if the top number is 5 or 7 or 11 or something like that? Will it be simple or compound and duple, triple, or quadruple?
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cursedswordsman
Makes no sense. Why do you say, in 6/8, that the dotted quarter note is 1 beat? You just randomely define that then say a measure has 2 beats. Why didn't you just say a quarter gets the beat and you have 3 beats in a measure?
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Makes no sense. Why do you say, in 6/8, that the dotted quarter note is 1 beat? You just randomely define that then say a measure has 2 beats. Why didn't you just say a quarter gets the beat and you have 3 beats in a measure?
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Ankita
Great video! I've been struggling with hearing the difference between compound duple and simple triple, because I keep hearing 1-2-3, 1-2-3 for compound duple. Do you have any tips for this and just listening for meter in general?
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Great video! I've been struggling with hearing the difference between compound duple and simple triple, because I keep hearing 1-2-3, 1-2-3 for compound duple. Do you have any tips for this and just listening for meter in general?
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Gacha
Hello sir! Thank you so much for the explanation! I was wondering if you have any tips for a student like me who is going to take a theory test!? I-m taking abrsm grade 5 and I have 1 month and a half to learn everything I need.
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Hello sir! Thank you so much for the explanation! I was wondering if you have any tips for a student like me who is going to take a theory test!? I-m taking abrsm grade 5 and I have 1 month and a half to learn everything I need.
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