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Sergeant
Joined: 14-December 08
Drum Set: Other
Cymbals: Other
Posts: 328
I've recently started incorporating "strange" time signatures into my music and I've been wondering what the differences would be between something played in 4/4, 4/8, 8/4 and 8/8 time, for example. Say I'm playing the basic rock beat at 90 BPM, would the overall tempo I'm playing it at be affected by the time signature?
This post has been edited by fnovus: Nov 7 2009, 02:31 PM
All the time signatures you mentioned are in a basic four. The main use of the time signature for a drummer is in finding the beat. 3/4 will not have a 4/4 beat, and neither will 6/8. There are other time signatures, too, but almost anything in a 4 or 8 time will have a basic four beat.
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For every fifty words I type, I have to correct twelve typos. I corrected thirteen typing this.
I don't actually have the set or cymbals that I want. I just put my favorites.
The second number affects which note when written gets the beat. 4 means quarter note, 2 means half note, 8 means 8th note, and so on. The first note is the important one unless you're playing sheet music, then it helps to know what the second one means, too.
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For every fifty words I type, I have to correct twelve typos. I corrected thirteen typing this.
I don't actually have the set or cymbals that I want. I just put my favorites.
The quarter note is the count in 4/4, 6/4, etc. so the overall speed doesn't change, the only thing that changes is length of each bar. The bottom number gets the count. So in 6/8, you would count to eight. In 3/4, you would count to four. The way I learned them was like if the time was 7/8, seven eighth notes are in a bar, instead of eight.
Nov 7 2009, 02:24 PM
