you have to help ive got my exam tomorow !!!!!!!!!!!!
okay here comes:
1. how do you know a piece is classical (e.gg trills, staccatos, time signatures)
2.Romantic?
3. contemporary?
4. what does the time signature 6|8 mean?
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angelic_devil
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What grade exam are you doing where you don't know what 6/8 timing is? Do you not have a teacher?
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fluteguy18
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I am not sure how to explain the other things, but I can explain the 6/8 thing.
when you look at a time signature that you dont recognise, look at the bottom number. This number tells you what note gets the beat. So, 8 means an 8th note. Then look at the top number. In this case it is a 6. so, in a 6/8 measure, there are 6 8th notes in the measure. these eighth notes are the subdivision of two larger beats. This kind of measure is conducted the same as 2/4. So, the conductor is giving the two large beats to the dotted quarter note.
Thus.... for every big beat there are 3 eighth notes. If the piece is very slow, the conductor will often give each eighth note a beat of its own. So, basically:
6/8 means that there are 6 eighth notes in a measure.
there are two large beats in the measure: the downbeat and the upbeat.
For each large beat, there are three eighth notes (think 2/4 but instead of One and two and, think One and uh Two and uh *triplets*)
I hope this helps. If it is confusing, just let me know.
Also, if the composer is listed, in older music, a lot of the time, their year of birth and death are listed below their name. using that, you can date the piece.
when you look at a time signature that you dont recognise, look at the bottom number. This number tells you what note gets the beat. So, 8 means an 8th note. Then look at the top number. In this case it is a 6. so, in a 6/8 measure, there are 6 8th notes in the measure. these eighth notes are the subdivision of two larger beats. This kind of measure is conducted the same as 2/4. So, the conductor is giving the two large beats to the dotted quarter note.
Thus.... for every big beat there are 3 eighth notes. If the piece is very slow, the conductor will often give each eighth note a beat of its own. So, basically:
6/8 means that there are 6 eighth notes in a measure.
there are two large beats in the measure: the downbeat and the upbeat.
For each large beat, there are three eighth notes (think 2/4 but instead of One and two and, think One and uh Two and uh *triplets*)
I hope this helps. If it is confusing, just let me know.
Also, if the composer is listed, in older music, a lot of the time, their year of birth and death are listed below their name. using that, you can date the piece.