How to Read Music in 30 Days: Music Theory for Beginners by Matthew Ellul

Author:Matthew Ellul [Ellul, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: School of Composition
Published: 2020-09-29T22:00:00+00:00

A rhythm in three-four meter

How do we rewrite this into a compound meter? In order to maintain its melodic and rhythmic character, the new meter must also be a triple one. In our previous lessons we saw that a measure in three-four time could quite easily become a measure in nine-eight time if we just add a dot to each beat:

From simple to compound meters, quarter beats become dotted quarter beats.

Since it turns out that nine-eight and three-four are related, we can rewrite the rhythm in nine-eight meter. Let’s begin with the triplet units. These are normal in compound meter and so we can just rewrite them as they are. Notice that they are no longer considered triplets because they are not “three notes in the time of two”. Units of three are absolutely normal in compound meters.

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