Hello
I will probably seem very dim now but I am having trouble converting Simple to compound time and vice versa.
Some of it seems ok just by looking at it I can work it out..but I haven't worked out the theory (numbers and value wise) yet.
In compound time a dotted crotchet for eg..becomes an ordinary crotchet in simple time....ie two thirds of its original value...
In a sample I am converting from compound time it shows a quaver and two quaver rests. How do I convert this..and what time value is two thirds that of a quaver...
Thanks in anticipation of your help....
BFN Mike

I may be completely wrong but would it not be a triplet with the first being a quaver of the triplet and the second and third parts being two quaver rests?

Hello Appassionata...
You are brilliant...and it's so obvious...that it's a triplet ...and obvious that you are brilliant as well.
Thanks for that ..will put you on my Christmas Card list....
BFN MIke

I still find the actual maths of it a bit confusing though...

QUOTE (PlinkPlonkMan @ Mar 24 2005, 08:06 PM)

You are brilliant...and it's so obvious...that it's a triplet ...and obvious that you are brilliant as well.

Erm.. Not so sure about that!!!!

Glad to help though!

I am so glad I'm not alone with my time signature problem!

Thats right. So when you go from compound to simple find the note at has the same value in the new time signature.

6/8 - dotted crotchet, 3 quavers
( 1 beat, 3 x 1/3 beat)
2/4 - crotchet, 3 triplet quavers
(1 beat , 3 x 1/3 beat


Hope thats not too confusing. You would think that on a music website we would have access to crotchets/quavers etc!

Hello
Thanks to you all I think Ihave it now...
Don't know if I'll ever use except in exams..
BFN Mike

QUOTE (PlinkPlonkMan @ Mar 25 2005, 06:30 PM)

Thanks to you all I think Ihave it now... Don't know if I'll ever use except in exams..

You're probably right there.
Good luck with it!

wooooo confusing, thankgod im only doing grade 2 theory at the moment