3/4 time metronome

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rickm

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3/4 time metronome

excuse my lack of musical knowledge. if something is 3/4 time then what would its speed be on a metronome or doesnt that correlate that way?

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Flamencito

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RE: 3/4 time metronome (in reply to rickm)

It's depends which palo you want to play.

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Sr. Martins

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RE: 3/4 time metronome (in reply to rickm)

The speed would be the distance between each beat you hear.

Saying it is 3/4 means you'll hear "Toc tic tic Toc tic tic" as opposed to 4/4, where you would hear "Toc tic tic tic Toc tic tic tic".

It depends on the genre and how you're subdividing things (how many "tic tocs" you want to hear).

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El Kiko

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RE: 3/4 time metronome (in reply to rickm)

If something is in 3/4 time then its just 3 beats in every bar ..like a waltz .or maybe a sevillana , for you ..
The speed of the metronome could be pretty much anything you want .. and also you may change the speed to play something slower when learning it and work up to the speed you want it to be at .

3/4 would have a heavy down beat on beat one , and a bit lighter on beat 2 and 3
4/4 would have a heavy or marked downbeat on one and then 3 other beats.

However a mechanical or wind up type of metronome has no heavy beat , they are all the same evenly spaced clicks .. you just start counting 1 ,2, 3, when your ready and start playing , the downbeat is really just in your head, kind of ...

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Ricardo

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RE: 3/4 time metronome (in reply to rickm)

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ORIGINAL: rickm

excuse my lack of musical knowledge. if something is 3/4 time then what would its speed be on a metronome or doesnt that correlate that way?

Depends how you define the beat. It can either be the quarter note, so that the clicks are a bit faster (something like Fandangos in 3/4 would be around 150 to 180 bpm) OR you can define the dotted half note as the beat, in which case the same music would be on a metronome setting 1/3 of that speed (50-60 bpm). Often times waltz rhythm is intended to be faster bpm but you feel the tempo of the dotted half, not the fast moving quarter notes. IN a musical score you will see the tempo indicated for clarity like this:
(little picture of a quarter note)=150
or
(little pic of dotted half note)= 50

most digital metronomes these days have special functions to accent of change sound of one click out of severl options. 1/4, 2/4,3/4,4/4,5/4,6/4 etc ....in that case you need to use the faster tempo. I recomend learning how to play to just the basic tick, the same music at the same speed but at BOTH tempos above, obviously the slower dotted rhythm will be a much bigger challenge.

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