Drummers: how to I make a metronome do 4/4 time?!
Question: Drummers: how to I make a metronome do 4/4 time!?
well, I know it is basically doing quarter notes and is pretty much doing 4/4 time!. but, my drum instructor made me buy a metronome and all it has is bpm on it!. it has 100 bpm on right now!. my drum instructor wants me to do some rock beats and flls at 4/4 time, how do i know its the timing he wants!? IS IT 100 BPM PROBABLY!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
4/4 time can be really any BPM!.
'time signature' means:
how many 'beats' in each measure / what note value equals a 'beat' (i!.e!. 4 = a quarter note)
!.!.!.It's more about reading sheet music than determining tempo
So, at 100 bpm, every click would be a beat, so call that a quarter note!. Then there would be 4 clicks per measure on the page, and that would be 4/4 time at 100 bpm!.
To help you understand this better!.!.!. in 4/4 time, a 'whole note' would be 4 clicks on your metronome, and take up an entire measure on the page!.
So, 3/4 time means "3 quarter notes per measure, and repeat" and 5/8 means "5 eighth notes per measure" and so on!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
'time signature' means:
how many 'beats' in each measure / what note value equals a 'beat' (i!.e!. 4 = a quarter note)
!.!.!.It's more about reading sheet music than determining tempo
So, at 100 bpm, every click would be a beat, so call that a quarter note!. Then there would be 4 clicks per measure on the page, and that would be 4/4 time at 100 bpm!.
To help you understand this better!.!.!. in 4/4 time, a 'whole note' would be 4 clicks on your metronome, and take up an entire measure on the page!.
So, 3/4 time means "3 quarter notes per measure, and repeat" and 5/8 means "5 eighth notes per measure" and so on!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Oishi is right!. The thing you have to remember is that in percussion YOU can "push" the timing of the piece faster or retard the tempo while your accompaniment's time does not change!. A good reference for this is Neil Peart's "A Work in Progress" DVD!. In this, he explains how this works!. I hope this helps!.Www@Enter-QA@Com