You will notice the use of double flats in measure 8, and the use of a gruppetto in measure 7.
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(Royalty free sound sample performed by pianist Samson François in 1964, Creative Commons Zero 1.0 license, source) This musical sample in D flat major was recorded by the Borromeo String Quartet ( source, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license) Chopin, Nocturne opus 27 n☂įrédéric Chopin's Nocturne opus 27 n☂ in D flat major uses the 6/8 time signature: The movement Lento assai, cantante e tranquilo from String Quartet N° 16, Opus 135 by Ludwig van Beethoven uses the 6/8 time signature: In the vast majority of cases, a 6/8 bar is a 2 beats compound measure, where each beat equals a dotted quarter note (dotted crotchet ):Įxamples found in famous works Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet N° 16, Opus 135 6 sixteenth notes (semiquavers ) equals 1 beat 1 dotted half note (dotted minim ) equals 2 beats 1 dotted quarter note (dotted crotchet ) equals 1 beat Here are the beats for a compound meter measure: 1 dotted quarter note (dotted crotchet ) equals 3 beats 2 sixteenth notes (semiquavers ) equals 1 beat Here are the beats for a simple meter measure: Compound meter (or compound time) is a meter where each beat in a measure can be subdivided by three.Ī beat with 6/8 time signature can be divided by two or three, it depends on the context. Simple meter (or simple time) is a meter where each beat in a measure can be subdivided by two. In the article simple and compound meter, you learned that: That is to say that there are 6 eighth notes (quavers ) per measure.īut, what is not indicated in the time signature is that can to a simple meter measure or a compound meter. the bottom number determines the unit of time. the top number indicates the number of time units in a measure (bar ). In the article time signature, this is explained that:
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