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| Author | Topic: 3/4 vs 4/4 |
Anonymous
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| posted: 4/12/2004 at 7:24:58 PM ET
I know what a 3/4 vs 4/4 "measure means" i.e. the note is worth that is worth 1 is the quarter note and in the first instance there are three of them quarter notes per measure. and in the second instance there are four. But I don't understand is what difference does that make when one hears the song: it is faster, slower. Why bother?
|  Taciturn
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8/3/2003 | posted: 4/16/2004 at 9:58:32 PM ET
speed has nothing to do with it. In 4/4 you count "1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4" in 3/4 you count "1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3." 3/4 is often associated with waltzes. Think of a song in 4/4 and count it 1, 2, 3, 4, then try counting it 1, 2, 3 and see how messed up and awkward it sounds. The down beats would be all off, and the phrasing would be completely messed up.
| Anonymous
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| posted: 4/24/2004 at 6:07:46 PM ET
taciturn is right; it's not necessarily about speed but the "feeling" of the music. Music in 3/4 is structured in groups of three, like STRAW-ber-ry STRAW-ber-ry, while music in 4/4 is more like EAT-a-do-nut EAT-a-do-nut. They "feel" different--for example, if you put STRAW-ber-ry in 4/4 it would be like STRAW-ber-ry straw-BER-ry straw-ber-RY and so on, with the emphasis every fourth syllable
| fiddlebo
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6/15/2004 | posted: 6/17/2004 at 1:25:11 PM ET
The Time Signatures that you are refering to have nothing to do with the tempo of a peice.
The top number tells you how many beats are in the measure.
The bottom number tells you which value of note gets the beat.
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