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Topic: Very simple question..... (Read 1423 times)

casparma

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Very simple question.....

on: January 31, 2006, 01:44:58 PM

What is 4, 3 timing, 2,3 timing.... etc?

is it equivalent to time signature 3 over 4(quarter note), and 3 over 2(half note) respectively?

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abell88

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Re: Very simple question.....

Reply #1 on: January 31, 2006, 02:01:49 PM

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What is 4, 3 timing, 2,3 timing.... etc?

I have not heard these phrases -- are they possibly 4 against 3 or 2 against 3? (As when one hand is playing regular 8th notes and the other triplet 8ths?)