Let’s change the time signature from 4/4 to 3/4 and notice the nice lilt that three-ness gives to the piece…
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6/8 Time is so much more than six identical and equivalent pulses strung together…
4/4 Time is so much more than four identical and equivalent pulses strung together…
2/4 Time is so much more than two identical and equivalent pulses strung together…
The Time Signature, written immediately after the key signature, is a pattern of numbers that looks like a fraction that tells you two things…
The concept and experience of a steady, repeating Pulse… akin to your heartbeat, might be considered the most basic dimension of musical time…
Welcome to the grossly under-appreciated subject of musical time and rhythm…