Time Signatures

[Megan]

I'm going to need a bit of help with time signatures. I have included 2/4 because sometimes it sounds like 4/4 to me.
Are there any good audio examples of 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 ?

Clapping the rhythm is ok, but It would help me more if I can listen to the pulse of the music.

Thanks.

[Peter]

I'm guessing you're preparing for a grade exam, but even if not this site should help you. http://www.hofnote.co.uk/

There are plenty of examples of those time signatures in the Beethoven sonatas. It's a question of feeling the strong and weak beats - the 3rd beat in 4 time shouldn't be as strong as the 1st otherwise this will sound like 2 time.

[Megan]

Thank you Peter, will work on those. There is a possibility, that's all I'm saying.






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[AeolianHarp]

I have a complete inability to recognise/hear time signatures when listening to music. This is due to me having dyscalulia.

[Decrepit Poster]

Just don't use Brahms symphonies as examples. Whole passages go by that phases don't match bar lines. The beat you often think is at the beginning of a bar isn't. If just listening without knowledge of the score it's no problem because you hear it as if Brahms annotated it the traditional way. But follow along with a score in hand and it can throw you for a loop. Leastwise it did for me back when I was a decent music reader. I think if I was a conductor those passages would drive me batty.

[Megan]

Brahms Hungarian dance no. 5 in 2/4 time.
Not easy to pick out though.
I will stick to easy music.



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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X9LvC9WkkQ

[Symphony7]

I have a complete inability to recognise/hear time signatures when listening to music. This is due to me having dyscalulia.

Interesting. Does that mean you can't recognise waltzes?

[Megan]

Time Signatures






Is the time signature on the bottom line 4/8 ?

Thanks.

[Peter]

No that's the image Jpeg - there are two pieces, the Sibelius is in 3/2 and the Bach is in 2/2.

[Megan]

No that's the image Jpeg - there are two pieces, the Sibelius is in 3/2 and the Bach is in 2/2.

Thanks Peter, I got the Sibelius as 3/2 , because of the minims.

[Peter]

Yes the Bach is a little more ambiguous, but the grouping of the quavers into minim beats along with the Presto tempo marking implies 2/2 rather than 4/4, but certainly not 4/8.

[Megan]

Yes the Bach is a little more ambiguous, but the grouping of the quavers into minim beats along with the Presto tempo marking implies 2/2 rather than 4/4, but certainly not 4/8.

Thanks again. Ouch, I mentioned 8 because of the quavers . but I'm a confused a the moment. Never mind still learning.

[Peter]

Don't worry about being confused, ask away!