Rookie Tour: Lesson 8 Note Duration 74 BPM

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SammyNguyen
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Rookie Tour: Lesson 8 Note Duration 74 BPM

Post by SammyNguyen » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:46 pm

Hi,

I have a question regarding BPM.

In lesson 8 with 4/2 and 74 BPM, does it mean each half note take a beat?

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Re: Rookie Tour: Lesson 8 Note Duration 74 BPM

Post by davidsides » Tue Mar 29, 2016 11:17 am

That's correct. In 4/2, the half notes take the beat.

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Re: Rookie Tour: Lesson 8 Note Duration 74 BPM

Post by sw1tch73ch » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:29 pm

Was the counting of beats and which notes covered in a boot camp lesson? A lot of folks seem to have trouble with the 4/2 timing. The simple explanation is the top number signifies how many beats in a measure and the bottom number which kind of note gets the beat. A 2 on the bottom is the half note. A 1 would be a whole note. The most common is a 4 which is the quarter note. And so on.

I very well could have forgotten where this was covered since I already knew and the lesson would have been quick, painless, and not so memorable.

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Re: Rookie Tour: Lesson 8 Note Duration 74 BPM

Post by davidsides » Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:51 am

Yup. We have a lesson that breaks this all down. We'll likely be adding more to allow you guys to get a deeper understanding of how time signatures work.

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