Music Theory

Most regular musical meters are either simple or compound meters. The term "simple" and "compound" refer to the natural divisions of the pulse within each measure.

In simple time, the pulse divides into two equal halves. Most music shows this by using quavers that divide into semi-quavers (or, quarter notes dividing into eighth notes). One would count the rhythm as 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &. Simple time can consist of two, three, or four pulses (ie. 2/4, 3/4, or 4/4 time). In all cases, each main pulse or beat of each measure would naturally divide into two sub-pulses.

In compound time, the pulse divides into three equal portions. Most music shows this by writing each pulse as a dotted quaver (or dotted quarter note). Each dotted quaver divides into three equal semi-quavers, counted as 1 & a 2 & a.

Compound time can consist of two, three, or four pulses. These time signatures are written as 6/8, 9/8 or 12/8. In all cases of compound meter, the top number is a multiple of 3, because the number represents the number of groupings of 3 (6 = 2 groups of 3, 9 = 3 groups of 3, 12 = 4 groups of 3).

This bit of articulation in sheet music is called a tenuto. Notes marked with a tenuto are usually meant to be played at full length (or a bit longer if you are playing with rubato in some cases). Some people emphasize the note by playing it louder. Listen to a professional recording of the piece you are trying and see how the performer plays the note(s) marked with a tenuto.

It really depends on your time signature (that is what defines a beat as). In terms of the most common time signature 4/4, the note that has a rhythmic value of three beats is called a dotted half note.

Leonin, who worked in Paris during the second half of the 12th century, and Perotin, who continued after Leonin, developed polyphonic organum. This was a type of music composition the was developed into counterpoint.

Prior to organum, music was very simple, with a single melodic line, sung in unison. There were possible additions, such as a drone, which stuck to a single tone. Organum used the same melodic line duplicated in easy ways such as at an interval of a third or fourth above the main line. This was developed with increasing complexity until, with counterpoint, second and third melodic lines that were very different melodies were used simultaneously, related to each other in accordance with a set of rules developed for the purpose.

The notes in a g major scale:

G A B C D E F# G

Those two notes equal a dotted eighth note. In terms of beats, (assuming common time) then the eighth note gets a half a beat and the sixteenth note gets a quarter of a beat, so the two of them together get 3/4 of a beat.

A flat key is a key that has a flat on its tonic note. A sharp key is a key that has a sharp on its tonic note.

The proper musical term for a desired "smoothness" in a musical piece or movement in a composition is legato. Legato is an Italian word meaning tied together, which explains its use in the musical world.

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Everything goes down a line; so the B which normally has the midlle line cutting through it would have the one from bottom line going through it. This is very simple but takes a while to get used to. And of couse everything on the treble clef is octaves higher

If you mean a common f sharp triad on a piano, then they would be F sharp, A Sharp, and C sharp, any combination of the three.

The notes of the diatonic F sharp scale are F sharp, G sharp, A sharp, B, C sharp, D sharp and E sharp

In common time (4/4), there are 12 eighth note triplets in a measure, equating to three per beat.

im not sure about that song specifically but 8notes.com has tons of free songs for like every instrumental group you can think of..... you should try it.

There are two half-steps in the key of D: F# to G and C# to D

well, usually the key tones are the same... but if they were different you could definitely find out the tone of the keys and play simple songs.

The key signature is E flat major, which is also, C minor, the relative minor of E flat major. You can find out what flat key signature you're in by finding the second to last flat (in this case E flat). It is the major version of that key signature!

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There are four sixteenth notes in one quarter note. This is because there is 2 sixteenth notes in one eight note, and 2 eight note in a quarter, solving your problem. Best Regards, from Mishico :D

It depends on which scale of c-minor you would use: there are four basic scales, aeolian: this is the scale you extract from E flat major (c, d, e flat, f, g, a flat, b flat), harmonic: (c, d, e flat, f, g, a flat, b), melodic (c, d, e flat, f, g, a, b) - in classical music this is the upgoing version, the downversion is c, b flat, a flat, g, f, e flat, d, c. then you have the c minor dorian scale: this you can hear on so what by miles Davis and is often related to the modal idiom: (c, d, e flat, f, g, a, b flat). to know which scale to use you have to know something about functional harmony: what you play has to have some reference to what's coming (a different chord), f.i.: you cannot play an a in c minor when going to f minor.

Notes are what is played that creates music that can be heard. Notes are also what musicians read when they play an instrument.

The dominant is the 5th tone in the scale. In a D Major scale, the dominant is A.

There are two definitions of the phrase "enharmonic equivalent", referring to the enharmonic equivalent of a single note, or the enharmonic equivalent of a key, or key signature.

In the first instance, the enharmonic equivalent of the note E flat is D sharp (D#). The enharmonic equivalent of the key signature E flat major is D sharp (D#) major.

You are referring to the syllables used in "solfege", the system of sight-singing and singing practice. The syllables are do (pronounced dough), re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti (sometimes the last is si instead of ti). Think of "Doe, a Deer" from The Sound of Music. The syllables relate to each other according to the standard major diatonic scale, with the tonic on 'do'.

Polyphony is the ability to play multiple notes at the same time. A mechanical piano's polyphony is only limited to its number of keys, while a digital piano may only be able to play a certain amount of notes at a time based on hardware limitations.