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Topic: What is the meaning of metronome beat (Read 2236 times)

pianodude

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What is the meaning of metronome beat

on: March 25, 2005, 12:17:12 AM

All,

I always want to know what is the meaning of quarter note = 176.
Does it mean? How to convert to minute?

I saw people can convert the duration of a performance from minute to a metronome beat.

Could somebody explain how the conversion work?

Thanks in advance.

Ron

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rhapsody in orange

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Re: What is the meaning of metronome beat

Reply #1 on: March 25, 2005, 04:35:50 AM

Hmm.
Quaver note = 176 means that there would be 176 quaver beats in a minute.
Therefore, the duration of a quaver is 1/176 minute. So if you want to know how long the piece is, assuming tempo is constant throughtout, it is then 1/176 multiplied by the number of quaver beats in that piece.
Let's say a piece is x minutes long, and the piece has notes equivalent to y quavers, then the metronomme beat (assuming strict tempo) is quaver note = y/x.
Hope this helps =)

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