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  • Hi, thanks for the neat explanation...

    Question 1: sometimes we have notes falling at half the beat, is there any effect on the time signatures in such cases?

    Question 2: incase we have a 4/4 piece, greater than 4 beats per measure would alter the time singature correspondingly.. can we have lesser than 4 beats per measure?

  • @mailkedi what are notes falling? also, if there are more or less than 4 beats in the measure, then yes, the measure numbers change

  • Genius explanation of the bottom number I was afraid of other time signatures besides 4/4 or 2/4 happy easy signatures thank ya!

  • @ahtartersauce101 glad i can help

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  • I love the way this guy talks lol

  • very good explanation! Thanks a lot.

  • You're really great, I learned something.

  • @aarunt1 Nvm I think I figured it out. In 7/16 a 16th note counts as a beat, so as long as you have 7 16th notes that counts as 7 beats per measure. I supposed another valid variation would be a quarter note and 3 16th notes?

  • This was helpful but the last part was confusing. If there are 7 16th notes how does that = 7 beats per measure? You said 16th notes are 1/4 of a beat. So wouldn't 7 16th notes = 1.75 beats? You would still need 5.25 beats to complete 7 beats per measure wouldn't you? Please clarify. Thanks

  • This is great thanks heaps

  • I have a question to make sure how well I'm getting this. So, this is all just seems like simplifying fractions. Like one time signature can equal equal another time signature when you simplify the numbers-like 4/4 can equal 2/2, etc. Is this right?

  • How do I know how fast to play it? The time signature seems to only tell me how to play all the notes relative to each other, but not how how much time a whole note takes for example.

  • Great vid man, appreciate it!

  • thank you! was searching for this! very good explanation!

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