Transcript Artistic Song Leading (Lesson 3)

Artistic Song Leading
Lesson 3
Copyright 2010 by Jimmy Bagwell
As part of the
“ARTISTIC SONG LEADING” Series
Artistic Song Leading
(Lesson 3)
A measure bar (or barline) is a vertical line that
separates bars.
Artistic Song Leading
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A measure bar (or barline) is a vertical line that
separates bars.
A double bar can consist of:
1. Two bar lines together, separating two sections within a piece
2. A barline followed by a thicker barline, indicating the end of a
piece or movement.
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A repeat bar-line looks like the second type of
double bar but is preceded by two dots, one above
the other, indicating that the preceding section of
music is to be repeated.
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A repeat bar-line looks like the second type of
double bar but is preceded by two dots, one above
the other, indicating that the preceding section of
music is to be repeated.
The beginning of the repeated passage can be
marked by a begin-repeat bar-line; if this is absent
the repeat is understood to be from the beginning of
the piece or movement. This begin-repeat bar-line, if
appearing at the beginning of a staff, does not act as
a true bar-line because no bar precedes it; its only
function is to indicate the beginning of the passage to
be repeated.
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Measures
Almost all music has its rhythm organized in reference to a specific
amount of pulses. In music notation vertical lines (called bar lines) are
used to separate the note values into rhythmic units called measures.
Assuming that the pulse is at a steady rate, the length of time of each
measure will be equal.
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Meter
A Meter signature (or time signature) is a set of two numbers, one
placed on top of the other, used to express:
1) top the number of pulses (Beats) in the meter pattern and
2) bottom the type of note that will represent the pulse (Beat).
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Simple Meter
Simple meter uses a two part subdivision of the pulse or
beat. In the time signature of 4/4, the quarter note
receives one count or pulse. The eighth note is the two
part subdivision of the basic pulse (two eighth notes
equal the same duration as one quarter note). Any meter
whose rhythmic style is such that the pulse is subdivided
into two parts is known as simple meter.
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Simple Meter
The following meters use the eighth note as the beat and the sixteenth note as
the 2-part subdivision.
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Simple Meter
The following meters use the eighth note as the beat and the sixteenth note as
the 2-part subdivision.
The following meters use the quarter note as the beat and the eighth note as
the 2-part subdivision.
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Simple Meter
The following meters use the eighth note as the beat and the sixteenth note as
the 2-part subdivision.
The following meters use the quarter note as the beat and the eighth note as
the 2-part subdivision.
The following meters use the half note as the beat and the quarter note as the
2-part subdivision.
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Compound Meter
Compound meter uses a three part subdivision of the pulse
or beat. This pulse can easily be subdivided into three
parts because a dotted note value is equal to three of the
next faster note values.
The traditional time signatures for compound meter can
present some confusion because the bottom number of the
time signature often represents the subdivision not the
pulse..
Artistic Song Leading
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Compound Meter
Compound meter uses a three part subdivision of the pulse
or beat. This pulse can easily be subdivided into three
parts because a dotted note value is equal to three of the
next faster note values.
The traditional time signatures for compound meter can
present some confusion because the bottom number of the
time signature often represents the subdivision not the
pulse..
The following meters use the dotted quarter note as the beat and
the eighth note as the 3-part subdivision.
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There are also 2 other symbols you
might see where the time signature
should be.
Common Time
Same as 4/4 time
Cut Time
Same as 2/2