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Location: MELBOURNE
Registered: December 2004
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Anyone a musician?
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Thu, 21 July 2005 22:57
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Hey
I've got a few timing questions just wondering if anyone could answer them.
Thanks
Troy
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Location: South Australia
Registered: July 2002
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 02:01
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No - but you could try asking 'em anyway
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Location: MELBOURNE
Registered: December 2004
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 03:00
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Ok, just wondering with time signatures what the top and bottom number specifically mean. I don't know for sure and what are all the different notes i.e. are there just 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32?
Thanks
Troy
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Location: South Australia
Registered: July 2002
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 03:10
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Hard for me to explain cause my knowledge is crap, but if the bottom number is '4' then you are working with 'crotchets'.
And the top number is then how many 'crotchets' you have per bar of music. So 3/4 timing is 3 crotchets per bar, 4/4 is 4 per bar etc.
7/8 timing is 7 half-crotchets per bar (is half-crotchet the right word? I can't even f****ng remember).
And there is more than just 1 1/2 etc.
For example a crotchet with a dot after it is like 1/4 + 1/8. (the dot means add an extra half of the original notes length).
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Location: South Australia
Registered: July 2002
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 03:15
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Actually I can't remember whether i mean quaver or something else.
I mean the thing with the thing and thingy.... err crap.
Can a muso please answer these questions?
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Location: MELBOURNE
Registered: December 2004
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 03:34
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Lol. Man I'm confused, thanks for your help. Still not fully understanding, like how can you have 3 crotchets to a 4 beat bar? Hmmmm. Any musos?
Thanks
Troy
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I supported Toymods
Location: Epping, Sydney
Registered: May 2002
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 04:28
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sort of right
a 4 on the bottom means you're dealing with 1/4 of a "breve" per beat (or a crotchet). an 8 on the bottom means you're dealing with 1/8 of a "breve" per beat (or a quaver). a 16 on the bottom means semi-quaver, and so on.
The number on the top is the number of beats per bar. so 4/4 is 4 crotchet beats per bar. 3/4 is 3 crotchet beats per bar. 7/8 is 7 quaver beats per bar.
for cool time signatures (5/4, 15/16, 12/4, etc) classical music and progressive metal are your friends
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: May 2002
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 04:33
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I could have answered all of this in a heartbeat 10-15 years ago. Apparently it has all fallen out of my brain since then. How depressing.
I know about Toyotas now though!
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Location: MELBOURNE
Registered: December 2004
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 04:54
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Thanks Draven. Can you still count say for 5/4 - 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 5 a? And Norbie, learn again, musics great.
Thanks
Troy
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I supported Toymods
Location: Epping, Sydney
Registered: May 2002
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 06:16
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that sounds more like 10/8
quaver beats are often sounded out with an "a" when keeping time verbally.
"1 a 2 a 3 a 4 - 1 a 2 a 3 a 4" is a common way to count 7/8
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Location: South Australia
Registered: July 2002
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 13:37
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7/8 is a bit of a pain for musically dumb ppl like me, Deliverance (the track) by Opeth is partly in 7/8 - gah!
I can't belive how few ppl pick Demon's Fall as a waltz tho Heaviest waltz eva.
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I supported Toymods
Location: Epping, Sydney
Registered: May 2002
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 16:11
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ooer, an opeth fan (seen both their sydney gigs - amazing live)
d/l their latest - the grand conjuration (not released yet, off their forthcoming album). different, but very good.
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I supported Toymods
Location: Brisbane
Registered: September 2004
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Re: Anyone a musician?
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Fri, 22 July 2005 16:18
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Norbie wrote on Fri, 22 July 2005 14:33 | I could have answered all of this in a heartbeat 10-15 years ago. Apparently it has all fallen out of my brain since then. How depressing.
I know about Toyotas now though!
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how many beats per bar in a 2JZ?
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