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justinjalandoni

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time signature

on: January 21, 2010, 09:50:27 AM

Dudes why the hell do composers still put time signatures like 4/8 or 2/2 when they can just simply change the note values themselves?

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birba

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Re: time signature

Reply #1 on: January 21, 2010, 10:00:12 AM

you're going to have to explain yourself a bit fuller on that one before anyone can answer.

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justinjalandoni

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Re: time signature

Reply #2 on: January 21, 2010, 12:58:40 PM

For example in the last moevement of Mozart's Piano Concerto 9, couldnt he just have used 16th noes instead of 8th notes in all breve?

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