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Post by clarinetrox2012 on Nov 17, 2009 21:11:26 GMT -5
I am in desperate need of help.
Anyone have any tips at all?
I don't even know how to count it.
And is it true that 6/4 is equivalent to 3/2?
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tromboneking87
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Post by tromboneking87 on Nov 17, 2009 22:51:23 GMT -5
Since we're in 3/2, we have three beats per measure, and the half note gets the beat, just like cut time.
If you had a measure of quarter notes, you would count it as "1 and 2 and 3 and" or "1 tay 2 tay 3 tay" (depending on your counting system). Since the half note gets the beat, the quarter note functions like an eighth note.
Depending on the speed of the piece, 3/2 may sound a lot like a slow 6/4. I know for the trombone choir stuff I've done, there's a lot of pieces written in cut time or 3/2.
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Post by trumellotonium on Dec 9, 2009 22:24:53 GMT -5
The difference between 6/4 and 3/2 is a subtle one: 6/4 is technically a "duple meter", i.e. counted ONE two three TWO two three... where as 3/2 is a "triple meter" counted ONE and TWO and THREE and... so it's very similar, but just feels different.
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Post by altoclarinets on Feb 20, 2010 11:30:36 GMT -5
Technically 6/4 is actually the way they told you 6/8 should be... 1,2,3,4,5,6.
3/2 is what happens when 3/4 and cut time have a baby. Half note gets the beat.
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