Answer by Aaron for What should an almost empty measure look like in 5/2 time?
The convention in 5-time is to group the beats either in a 3-2 or 2-3 pattern, depending on where the musical emphasis goes. When filling out a measure, it is desirable to use the largest notations...
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I have seen examples of dotted measures, but this is often hard to read, as it is not easy to see the dot combined with a measure. The most common is to fill out with rests separately. Since the whole...
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I am working on an exercise where I am given a few empty bars along with a time signature; and I am to fill it in with rests following the standard rules.In 5/2 time, I am given 4 measures, each with a...
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Answer by Elements In Space for What should an almost empty measure look like...
5/2 is an odd time signature. There are two normal ways to group the 5 beats, either as 2+3, or as 3+2.How will you know which grouping to use? It depends where the accent near the middle of the...
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If there's a consistent 2+3 or 3+2 grouping (i.e. if the piece could have been notated as pairs of either 2/2 + 3/2 bars or 3/2 + 2/2 ones) follow that grouping.In real life (though maybe not in an...
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