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Post by Johncoyne on Apr 18, 2010 16:15:53 GMT -5
Sure thing! I think I might post a list of people who are involved so that people can ask if they need help.
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Post by nathalie on Apr 20, 2010 18:31:42 GMT -5
I studied music theory for about 7 years and I never ever ever got a handle on time signatures and I still can't. I don't get them in the abstract sense or in the real sense, I can't feel rhythm and have no sense of it, my bar-lines are always in the wrong place. Fix me! Seems like you would be screwed... but, key signatures and rhythm are a thing that you need to practice... and after a while, it'll become more like a simple routine... To start, you'll need to know a few acronyms... Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle... and Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father... that's about it... you just need to learn how apply that... The person who originally posted this discussion/project or whatever could probably help you with it... but our music teacher has a little picture-chart that helps us remember them... As for your lack of proper rhythm, you need to be able to count to four... at a steady rate... that's about it... well, not really, but if you own a metronome (the clicky things that us music students dread), you could disect your music bar by bar and figure out the values of the notes that are there... using the metronome, you can make sure all of the note values fit in that time frame of the four (or whatever time signature it is) beats in any given bar of music... ...or you could insert your music into "Band in the Box" or "Finale 2000" and press play to hear what it sounds like... and if it's a well known song, listen to the original track.. Most of this could be explained by the 14 year old kid... (name escapes memory at the moment), but even though the saying "Practice Makes Perfect" sounds corny, (it does), but it's true and you'll pick up on a lot of the important musical theory techniques with time!!! Good Luck!!!
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Post by Johncoyne on Apr 24, 2010 9:34:23 GMT -5
It's Saturday... no one has said they're done. I think this project is dead for now.
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