Hello List, I have not contributed much to the list, though I am somewhat passionate about the nomenclature used for rhythm in the United States, so:
From my perspective, the best possible description of meter is found within Mark's first hyperlink below. It differentiates between two things: how many beats there are in a bar and how each beat is subdivided. The beats in a bar are described as either duple or triple (two beats in a bar or three beats in a bar, respectively) and simple or compound (two divisions or three divisions respectively). Four beats in a bar is called quadruple, but it is often difficult to differentiate between duple and quadruple meters, so most texts (and teachers) would accept either duple or quadruple for most meters in which the quarter- or half-note is the basic pulse. Examples: given a bar in cut time, each beat filled with eighth notes (quavers), the tag would be simple duple. Given a bar in 6-8 time, each note filled with eighth notes, the tag would be compound duple. Given a bar in 3-4 time, filled with eighth notes, the tag would be simple triple. Given a bar in 9-8 time, the tag would be compound triple. If there is no subdivision, then the subdivision tag becomes completely unnecessary, but this rarely happens in music. Notice that the subdivision tag is notated BEFORE the time signature tag. For most University students stateside, this is a bit confusing at first because most beginning teachers teach that 6-8 has six beats, whereas with the above scheme it has two beats. In most cases this is true, though in some adagio dance movements, the proper count may be six beats to a bar -- in which case the tag given is simple triple (each bar receiving TWO iterations of the triple beat). This is all based on the way that the music is HEARD not notated. For this reason, I would go with duple and triple rather than binary and ternary, but this may be based on a difference in nomenclature in the US. Thanks, Michael Dougherty Dr. Michael Dougherty, DMA Director of Music and the Arts Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church High Point, North Carolina 27262 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Mark Van den Borre [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 6:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Solfege-devel] Fwd: Time terms Hi Tom, hi list, 2010/1/24 Tom Cato Amundsen <[email protected]>: > Hello people! > 'binary' and 'ternary' OR 'duple' and 'triple' time? > What do you think? Rhythm and meter (or meter) are two are entirely different beast of course. See: * http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/music-glossary/meter#meter * http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/music-glossary/time#time * http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/music-glossary/rhythm#rhythm 6/8 is a duple time that consists of two ternary beats. I've posted a request to add some information on this to the Lilypond glossary to lilypond-bug. Sincerely, Mark -- Mark Van den Borre Noormannenstraat 113 3000 Leuven, België +32 486 961726 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Solfege-devel mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe", or visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/solfege-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Solfege-devel mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe", or visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/solfege-devel
