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| Czerny |
 May 8 2012, 06:15 PM
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Virtuoso  Group: Members Posts: 4063 Joined: 7-December 07 Member No.: 21097  |
Please could someone remind me how to reference notes and bar / beat numbers. I.e. the short way to say, for example, "E a compound major third above middle C" and "the third beat of bar nine".
No guesses, please - I can do that myself! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) Thanks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| sbhoa |
May 8 2012, 06:21 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 18913 Joined: 31-October 03 From: Tameside Member No.: 24 |
Is it not possible to illustrate with the note on a stave?
Otherwise notes are numbered according to octave aren't they? There's probably an illustration of that somewhere. Something like this. |
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May 8 2012, 06:23 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4063 Joined: 7-December 07 Member No.: 21097 |
QUOTE(sbhoa @ May 8 2012, 07:21 PM)  Is it not possible to illustrate with the note on a stave? Otherwise notes are numbered according to octave aren't they? There's probably an illustration of that somewhere. No, it's to write as text in an e-mail. It's something like E', but I can't remember how to indicate the different octaves. |
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| porilo |
May 8 2012, 06:28 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 978 Joined: 15-October 10 From: South West London Member No.: 138745 |
I use C1, C2, C3, C4(middle C), C5, C6, C7 and C8, etc. So for example "E above middle C" would be E4, then the E an octave higher is E5. Hope that makes sense.
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May 8 2012, 06:49 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4063 Joined: 7-December 07 Member No.: 21097 |
QUOTE(porilo @ May 8 2012, 07:28 PM) I use C1, C2, C3, C4(middle C), C5, C6, C7 and C8, etc. So for example "E above middle C" would be E4, then the E an octave higher is E5. Hope that makes sense. Thanks. I've just discovered it's Helmholtz notation I'm thinking of, but this (apparently called scientific pitch notation) works just as well. Now, how about beat / bar numbers? Anyone? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) |
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| porilo |
May 8 2012, 06:55 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 978 Joined: 15-October 10 From: South West London Member No.: 138745 |
I'm not sure whether there's a standard way of notating beat/bar numbers. How about "E a compound major third above middle C" and "the third beat of bar nine" = E5(b9-3)? I think you might need to make up your own shorthand system here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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May 8 2012, 06:58 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4063 Joined: 7-December 07 Member No.: 21097 |
QUOTE(porilo @ May 8 2012, 07:55 PM) I'm not sure whether there's a standard way of notating beat/bar numbers. How about "E a compound major third above middle C" and "the third beat of bar nine" = E5(b9-3)? I think you might need to make up your own shorthand system here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I'm fairly sure I've seen it somewhere. 9:3, possibly? |
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