Hey hey Bob, thanks, that is interesting, if nothing else. I never read sheet music. I was only ever confronted with the way sequencers (in hard- and software) deal with different time signatures, metres or pattern lengths, which I suppose is much more general in most cases and much more technically minded. Best wishes, Jeanette Mar 13 2021, Bob van der Poel has written: > I've not followed the math, but in notation 6/8 is a duple time with 2 > beats per measure. It does not have 6 8th notes; it is not the same as 2 > bars of 3/4 or 3/8. In notation (and this is a non-technically correct > comment) composers use 6/8 instead of 2/4 to avoid writing lots of > triplets. Apparently it is easier for a musician to read 8ths in 6/8 than > triplets in 2/4 ... I'm not so sure about that, but that's the "reasoning". > > Hope this reply isn't too off topic :) > > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 5:20 AM Jeanette C. <julien_at_mail.upb.de> wrote: > >> Hey hey, >> is there a way to interpret time signatures as quarter notes per minute, >> rather than as beats per minute? >> >> Example: with a time sig of {6 8} at 120 BPM one 8th note lasts 0.5 >> seconds, >> so that there are 120 8th notes per minute. The metronome I sync to >> externally >> from my DAW would calculate it so one 8th note lasts 0.25 of a second, so >> that >> there are 120 quarter notes in one minute. >> >> One could double the tempo in Midish and use a 6/4 time signature >> externally, >> but that leaves a small margin for higher tempos. >> >> This example could possibly be adapted to use a time signature of 3/4, but >> I'd >> rather like to use 7/8 or 5/8. >> >> I'd apreciate any suggestions. >> >> Best wishes and TIA, >> >> Jeanette >> >> -- >> * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound >> * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g >> * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c >> * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c >> >> Our imagination >> Taking us to places >> We have never been before... <3 >> (Britney Spears) >> >> > > -- > > **** Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** > Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** > EMAIL: bob_at_mellowood.ca > WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca > -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c Cinderella's got to go <3 (Britney Spears)Received on Sat Mar 13 2021 - 18:49:06 CET
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