AP Music Theory 4.1 Score Analysis
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AP Music Theory 4.1 Score Analysis. Which of the following answers is an example of compound meter?
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AP Music Theory | Score Analysis |
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potential answers brought to you by the metric system with
a different deal All right compound and simple are opposing
terms used for a lot of things including interest fractures
and time signatures Luckily for all parties involved we're looking
at time signatures So if we get this question wrong
we might be looking at fractures Are boss Takes music
education pretty seriously for this problem all we need to
know is what a compound meter is versus a simple
meter Well a simple meter is any time signature in
which the beats air naturally divided into two equal parts
Whereas a compound meter is any time signature where the
beats are naturally divided into threes So yep Looks like
we have to use math You could do it Drummers
stay strong Okay So for example the time signature eight
to khun be divided into two parts That means answer
D's on the wrong team Likewise the time signature for
one is naturally divisible into two equal parts for one
would also be a great name for a boy band
but it's not our answer So bye bye bye answer
B seven four is tricky It appears to be neither
compound nor simple but if we think about each of
the seven beats in the measure being divided into two
eighth notes each we can see that it's in simple
meter to which leaves us with twelve sixteen Well twelve
sixteen is naturally divisible by three no matter how you
slice it Three groups of four four groups of three
ala mode or ice cream on the side our compound
meter is answered a so many fractions We have broken
our math bone Now all we have to do is
figure out if it's a compound or a simple fracture