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This is probubly a stupid question, but what does 4/4 means?

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Re: stupid question

Definition I found
4/4 time-4 notes in a measure and the quarter note gets the beat.
This term is used to specify the number of beats in each bar and what is the note value of one beat.

Mostly, time signature consists of 2 numbers, one on top of the other. Time signature appears at the beginning of the piece in a musical score. There are simple and compound time signatures, in a simple time signature the upper no indicated the number of beats there are in a bar; and the lower number indicates the note value which represents one single beat also known as the beat unit. The most easy time signatures are 2/4, 3/4, 4/4.

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Re: stupid question

Oh thanks.:) Now I know that.:)

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Re: stupid question

No such thing as a stupid question.

Is anything really made up of zeros and ones??

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No such thing as a stupid question.

Oh sure there is.  But that wasn't one. 

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Zurf wrote:
alvee33 wrote:

No such thing as a stupid question.

Oh sure there is.  But that wasn't one. 

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I prefer to believe that there are just stupid people asking questions.

But to your point, this isn't one of them, either.

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Re: stupid question

Seeing as this is already about time sigs, how do I play a 4/6 beat?

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No such thing as a stupid question, only questions to which you don't know the answers!

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<Seeing as this is already about time sigs, how do I play a 4/6 beat?>

That's basicly 16 beats every 4 bars or two and third every bar, a sort of wonky waltz time. Would need a really good drummer and sound odd me thinks. Did I get the math right?

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vheissu wrote:

Seeing as this is already about time sigs, how do I play a 4/6 beat?

I've seen 6/4, which is six beats per measure each quarter note gets one beat. 

I've never seen 4/6.  In 4/6, you'd have 1/6th notes getting one beat and four beats per measure.  I didn't even know there is such a thing as a 1/6th note.  It would be like cut time triplets, but four of them, which makes no sense to me.  It would be extremely difficult to count and seems like it would be one of those timings that would have to be felt rather than counted. 

Then again, maybe counting isn't that important after all.  There's a band in my area called the Dixie Jazz Quartet that has five members. 

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Zurf wrote:

Then again, maybe counting isn't that important after all.  There's a band in my area called the Dixie Jazz Quartet that has five members. 

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Nice one! Which area are you in, I'll remember to count my change if I ever shop there?!