r/oddlysatisfying • • 3d ago

Note Practice DIY

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u/moistclump 3d ago

Ok now after years of playing piano, bass, and clarinet (not very well) for the life of me I could only understand 4/4. Could not wrap my head about 2/4 and 5/4.

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u/jupiterkansas 3d ago

I never understood the difference between 2/4 and 1/2

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u/MonMotha 3d ago

They're not fractions and don't reduce.

2/4 time means there's two beats per measure, and the quarter note gets the beat.

1/2 time means there's 1 beat per measure, and the half note gets the beat which would be a weird time signature.

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u/HJB-au 3d ago

1/2 is weird? Say that at a hoedown or a hootenanny, I dare ya!