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Thank you, no one had ever bothered to explain how it worked about the lower number, I relied on my musicality, but now that I know it makes it so much easier :D
This is a rehash of what my band Instructor taught us back in fifth grade. Thanks for the relearning of time signature. Helps enormously some 60 years later.
This was actually the most helpful explanation of time signatures I've seen on TH-cam. You hit a lot of the questions I had left on other videos, mainly the second number of time signatures and it's VERY significant importance. And after learning them, I have a huge amount of respect gained for people who can sight read, because I've only been using tabs to self-teach and couldn't figure out why I couldn't play some of the notes properly. I don't have a full understanding of time signatures yet, but studying this video will definitely stick the fundamentals in my head. Thank you and I hope you get more subscribers :)
I’m so happy that this video helped you to understand time Signatures better! Thank you so much for your kind words :) are there any other music theory questions you have that I can help you answer?
Thank you! I am sending this to one of my music students who had more questions about time signatures, and we can't meet in person right now. Great job!
@@PracticalPianoTips I love videos so quiet you can't hear it and makes all the other videos EXTREMELY LOUD such as the next recommended one for this topic.
@@kylehill3643 thank you for letting me know. I made this video before I updated my microphone. I will need to update this video to make the sound better.
Thank you so much! I have never heard an explanation even close to this good! I’m really trying to learn piano and thanks to you I am finally starting to grasp the whole time signature concept.
Learning music in England is a pain in the arse, I tell ya. It's all crotchets, quavers, and semibreves. Note, half note, quarter note etc is much better. It's like America has the metric system and I'm struggling with bushels and furlongs. Anyway, great video, thanks :)
In one word your teaching method is very much suitable for beginners or those who are in advance stage. So I am following your videos sincerely and learning much as your method of technique is simple, understandable and easy to grasp at once. Only thing is that sound quality in all practical sessions is to be improved or made a better sound one. However Your techniques of teaching is very much laudable. Thank you very much for your learning tips in all videos. Thanks once more.
Thank you so much for your comment and encouragement! I’m so glad that my teaching is helping you to understand! I have tried working on the sound as well, and I believe it is better in the newer videos. If you feel there is still issue with sound or anything else, do let me know with a comment on the newer videos.
Thank you so much for making this! I've watched countless videos on time signatures and you're the first one that I've seen to explain this in a way that I can understand. One thing I noticed is that you only covered time signatures in which all the bottom numbers were EVEN numbers, is this because it can only be an even number or is it just the most common? Like for example if I get a 2/3 time, would that mean that every dotted half note gets a beat? Or in 4/6 would each dotted quarter note get a beat? What about something like 5/7 ? Does that even exist? Lol I know I'm asking a lot but maybe you can make another video addressing that or just reply here. Either way you already helped a lot so thanks. You get my subscription
You’re welcome! Welcome to our music community. Glad to have you here! And thank you for the feedback. I’m glad that it is easy to understand. I will need to make a video on less common time signatures. I have a video coming up in a few weeks on the bottom number in time signatures as well. I think that should help, but I will explain as much as I can in this comment. In music we do use even numbers for time signature for the bottom number, specifically 2, 4, and 8. 1 or 16 is technically possible but very uncommon. I have never seen these time signatures myself. 1 would mean a whole note gets 1 beat and 16 would mean a 16th note gets one beat. The bottom number basically tells you how to divide the whole note. So if it is a 4 on the bottom, we divide the whole note into 4, so the quarter note gets one beat. That being said, the examples you gave of 2/3 time or 4/6 time are technically possible, but very unlikely. It would be a meter that would be very hard to feel. With the 3 on the bottom, we would divide the whole note into 3, which would mean a triplet half note gets one beat. So 2/3 then would mean that we get 2 triplet half notes per measure. 4/6 time would mean 2/3 of a quarter note gets one beat. As you can imagine, this would be incredibly complicated. This is why composers don’t use these time signatures. If one did use it, it would probably be to make a point. I have not seen a dotted half note get one beat in a time signature. A dotted quarter note also cannot really get 1 beat as far as I know. But, in 12/8 time and 9/8 time and 6/8 time, even though the eighth note gets one beat, we often will feel the dotted quarter note as one beat, and call it compound meter. So 12/8 time feels like a more complicated 4/4 time and will often be conducted as 4 beats per measure (with the dotted quarter note getting one beat) The 7 on the bottom, not sure if it is possible, but again if it is, then quite complicated. It is not a time signature I have seen. Thank you for these questions. Looks like you are curious and ready to learn! Feel free to ask more questions, and I will be happy to answer. I also will make videos on some of the questions that my subscribers ask in the comments.
@@PracticalPianoTips thank you so much for taking the time to reply, that was extremely helpful! I've been kinda learning to read sheet music on my own for a while and I always just kinda ignored time signatures, with this i can properly practice. I already watched your other video on the note values which cleared some questions for me. I don't know if you have one here, but just as a suggestion. You might make a video on the different type of bar lines. Like I get confused sometimes because some music contains bar lines that indicate you should go back to another part of the composition and so on. Anyways thanks again. I'll be looking out for your new content. Good day!
Wow. I used to play a little bit of piano in my younger days and I have been a member of choirs through elementary school, junior high, high school, and college and junior and senior county honors choirs and a professional adult chorus when I was in high school and as an adult I have also taken private voice lessons. I am pretty good with singing pieces, breath control, and tonal memory, and rhythmic memory and can repeat things that I hear etc.. But, my weakness is sight reading and I am trying to brush up on it. Thanx so much for this video. It is very very helpful.
Thank you, Ma'am, for the way you have explained these time signatures. It was really helpful for me as I was struggling with this since last week. I am a beginner in piano.
Prakash Chauhan time signatures can be confusing to understand. I’m so glad that it was helpful for you! I will be sharing many more beginning piano concepts, especially to do with music reading and beginning music theory concepts. Maybe you will find more helpful tips on my channel later on as well. And I’m sure you will succeed with the piano! Best of luck!
I’m so glad you learned something new! I will do my best to add some more videos to my channel. Its been busy with work and kids. Let me know if you have any questions for me to answer.
Thank you so much ❤️ please upload how to count time signature,what is pitching,and more2 music lessons for beginners, really hoping to learn more from you
Thank you so much for the questions and ideas 😊 I will be uploading 1-2 times per week, so I will definitely work on these topics as well. Which instrument are you learning?
Here is the answer to one of your questions, how to count time signatures. Hope it helps! How to Count Time Signatures: [2/4, 3/4, 4/4 time rhythm practice]. It is up on my page.
Hi Marcus, This video is more of an overview of time signatures. I have another video that is specifically about the bottom number. Hope that helps! m.th-cam.com/video/lNXGzX1dIq4/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUhVGltZSBzaWduYXR1cmVzIHRoZSBib3R0b20gbnVtYmVy
I learned a lot about time signatures which is often one of my downfalls. Would you do another video on time signatures w/ rests included in your counting? I could really use it. Thank you! Jeana from DELAWARE
Hi Jeana! I’m glad you learned something new. Thank you for the idea. I will plan that for one of my next videos. I don’t believe I put rests in any of my time signature videos. I do have a playlist on time signature that I will link below. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out to see if another one of these videos would be helpful for you. m.th-cam.com/play/PLfSjxatOcMu6cASKagtxWgOfIGMHn5uHP.html
Your video is one of the best it's really make our confusion solve. Such a very helpful teacher I had ever seen someone write a long text for explaining. I wish to learn music from you such a kind heart you are💓.
As someone who plays by ear, I always appreciate people who can read music, but those who can teach on top of that brings the respect to another level. Your voice combined with the breakdown really engaged me. I believe you are helping many with these lessons. Joined you channel family for sure. 🤗❤🙌🎹💯💥
Glad to have you here! 😊 playing by ear and reading music are so different from each other. I learned to read music first, and then it took me a while to learn to play by ear.
@@PracticalPianoTips which do you find easier? I play by ear. I think it would be extremely hard to learn to play by reading music, as I’ve always just played and figured it out.
@@OneHandPianoMan I think it really depends on the person. I find it easier to read sheet music. For me I would equate it to reading a story out loud or making one up on the spot. It is the way I was taught as a kid and it came easy to me. I know several people who find it easier to play by ear even though they know how to read music as well. And then others who like me had to learn to play by ear. I think it has something to do with how our brains work and how well the ear is developed from a young age. Plus with playing by ear, there is a lot of creativity that needs to go into playing. It’s not just picking out the melody and chords. It’s so much more than that!
@@PracticalPianoTips Thank you for sharing. I wish I grew up reading because I feel the combination of the two could help a great deal. For now, I will coontinue to play be ear and watch people like you break things down for me. I appreciate you and hope you have a wonderful weekend. Do you have a favorite song?
@@OneHandPianoMan It’s so hard to pick just one. I’m really into Romantic era music. Especially Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Absolutely I’ve Rachmaninov’s 2nd piano concerto.
I need help if you have a chance. In 6/8 time - six beats per measure / the 8th note gets the beat. Ok I got that. A dotted quarter note gets 3 beats. Two beats for the quarter note, one for the dot. So when there is a dotted half note, you said that gets 6 beats. So it’s four beats for the half note and two for the dot? Does the dot basically mean cut the attached note in half for the dot’s value or does it double the note? So if I had a dotted whole note (forgive me if I’m using a crappy example lol) would that then be worth 6 beats or 10 beats? Thank you so much!! Love your videos!!
Thank you for your question. The dot doesn’t mean just add one more. For the dot you would add half of the value of the note itself. So with the whole note, you would not see it in 6/8 time at all because it wouldn’t fit in the measure. But in 4/4 time a whole note is worth 4 beats (because the 4 on the bottom means the quarter note gets one beat) so the dotted whole note would be (4 beats for the whole note plus 2 beats for the dot = 6 beats) Dotted quarter note in 6/8 time 2 beats for the quarter note and 1 beat for the dot = 3 beats Dotted half note in 6/8 time: 4 beats for the half note plus 2 beats for the dot = 6 beats When we change the time signature to 4/4 time the values of the notes would be as follows; Dotted quarter note: 1 beat for the quarter note and 1/2 beat for the dot = 1 1/2 beats
I am new to learning how to play the piano and I’m also taking an introductory class on music theory. Your explanation is so clear. I wish I had come across your video sooner! Thank you!!!!!🙏
Excellent primer! I took piano lessons as a kid, and I suppose I had a rudimentary understanding of how these things worked. Now I'm in a position where I'd like to understand this stuff again, and videos like this break it all down perfectly :)
Wonderful! I’m glad you found it useful :) usually it’s not explained in such detail in music lessons, but as adults, we want to truly understand the concepts.
Sounds good :) I’ll be making more. Is there any particular concepts you want covered? Have you seen my playlist on time signatures yet? Maybe there is another video there that would interest you. m.th-cam.com/play/PLfSjxatOcMu6cASKagtxWgOfIGMHn5uHP.html
@@flaviohernandez6570 yes we are thank you. Both Victoria and I had a new baby recently, so just keeping busy with all the little children. You have a blessed day! So good to hear from you.
@@PracticalPianoTips I'm actually learning piano, I learnt playing by ear. But right now I'm learning playing with the staff. If you can really help Me I would be glad. Thank you my Instructor!
I will be posting more videos about reading music, and I do have a full playlist on reading music, including note values, reading on the staff, time signatures, key signatures and more. Glad to help :)
Hi I just followed you over from Woman you tubers group! Great video! I’ve been playing piano for 40 years, and you explained this super well! Looking forward to watching your other videos! I just started me channel last month as well. So if your looking for some recipes , come on over ❤️❤️. Have a wonderful day❤️
Thank you Karen! It’s good to hear that from a musician! Wonderful! Is there any music you are currently playing? Do you teach piano as well or is it more of a hobby? Cooking is one of those things I need to do every day, so new ideas are always welcome. I will check it out.
Practical Piano Tips i just play as a Hobby. I like so many styles of music. But trying to work on some John Legend songs and just got some Lady Gaga songs ❤️❤️
In the Kitchen with Karen very good! That sounds like so much fun! I love to just sit down and play the piano. I find it is one of the best places for me to relax and destress. Music is something that connects all of us!
In 6/8, I don’t think the “8” tells you that the eighth note gets the beat. Instead, 6/8 is a compound meter and the 8 instead tells you the note value of the triple subdivision found in compound meters. So 6/8 instead is best thought of as having “two” beats broken into groups of threes (with each eighth note making up one of the three subs of each overall note). Is this correct?
So you are correct about 6/8 being a compound meter. You do understand that well :) in a way it is both. Ultimately we do want to feel 6/8 as 2 beats and even count it that way. But to understand the value of each of the notes, we also need to understand 6/8 as the eighth note gets one best. When playing a 6/8 piece slowly, counting 6 beats is also beneficial.
A rare and good video. Thanks for making this so clear. It would be great if you can do a rev of the video with a metronome and combining time signatures with the 1/4 and 1/8th notation. For instance, the famous Hanon practice book starts with a 2/4 signature but with 1/8th notes at a metronome speed of 60. Now does that mean I am banging away at an effective speed of 120 per key or 240 per key?
Hi, I don’t think it is either a fraction or multiplication. It’s 3 quarter notes in a bar, or 12 eighth notes in a bar. The bottom number is just the type of note that gets a beat, and the top tell how many of that particular note.
Hey. just subbed to your channel. Live your content 🙂👍🎵. My question to you is that can the bottom number of the measureme be any number or it's in 2, 4, 8, etc. Like could it be 6/11? And also what's the highest number that can go on the bottom?
Thank you! And I’m glad that you are here 😊 to answer your question, it cannot be just any number. It’s basically just 2, 4, and 8. You may also see a C for common time, or cut time with the C with a vertical slash. I have a video that is precisely about that. Let me link it down below for you.
I play guitar and am learning other instruments like piano and drums so i feel i need to have a better understanding of the time signature.I learned this stuff in General Music in middle school like a hundred years ago but i didnt pay attention much lol...so this is a great vid!
In many of the time signatures you simply will not see a whole note. Even in 12/8 time, which would have enough beats, because it won’t make sense with the music. 6/8 time and 3/8 time the whole simply doesn’t fit in the measure so it will not be used.
It’s not a certain amount of seconds. The length of the beat can vary depending on how fast or slow the tempo is. If you look up a metronome, with all the different tempos, it basically shows how fast or slow we can make the beat.
Yes of course :) the bottom number tells you which type of note gets one beat. The choices are 2 for a half note gets one beat, 4 for a quarter note gets one beat, and 8 for an eighth note gets one beat. So this means that the bottom number changes the values of the notes. For example if the 4 is on the bottom, the quarter note gets one beat. This means that the half note gets 2 beats, the whole note gets 4 beats. If the 8 is on the bottom, the 8th note gets one beat. This means that the quarter note gets 2 beats, the half note gets 4 beats and the whole note gets 8 beats. If the 2 is on the bottom, this means the half note gets one beat. This means that the quarter note gets only half a beat, the half note gets 1 beat and the whole note gets 2 beats. It may be confusing to understand written out like this without pictures of the notes. I also have these 2 videos that partially cover the subject, but I think I should make a separate video just about the bottom number. How to Count Time Signatures: 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 time How to Count Time Signatures: [2/4, 3/4, 4/4 time rhythm practice] Hope this helps.
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Thank you, no one had ever bothered to explain how it worked about the lower number, I relied on my musicality, but now that I know it makes it so much easier :D
You’re welcome! This is one of those concepts that usually gets glossed over. Let me know if you have any other questions.
This is a rehash of what my band Instructor taught us back in fifth grade. Thanks for the relearning of time signature. Helps enormously some 60 years later.
This was actually the most helpful explanation of time signatures I've seen on TH-cam. You hit a lot of the questions I had left on other videos, mainly the second number of time signatures and it's VERY significant importance. And after learning them, I have a huge amount of respect gained for people who can sight read, because I've only been using tabs to self-teach and couldn't figure out why I couldn't play some of the notes properly.
I don't have a full understanding of time signatures yet, but studying this video will definitely stick the fundamentals in my head. Thank you and I hope you get more subscribers :)
I’m so happy that this video helped you to understand time Signatures better! Thank you so much for your kind words :) are there any other music theory questions you have that I can help you answer?
Thank you! I am sending this to one of my music students who had more questions about time signatures, and we can't meet in person right now. Great job!
Heather Hart Thank you :) that means a lot from a music teacher. I hope it helps your student!
Thank you so much. The compound time signature gives me so much confusion now after seeing your video it clears the topic for me. Thank you so much.
You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful for you. Compound time signatures can be confusing for sure.
@@PracticalPianoTips I love videos so quiet you can't hear it and makes all the other videos EXTREMELY LOUD such as the next recommended one for this topic.
@@kylehill3643 thank you for letting me know. I made this video before I updated my microphone. I will need to update this video to make the sound better.
That was very helpful! It so much easier to understand when you explained the time signatures
Thank you! I am glad that it was easy to understand.
Thank you so much! I have never heard an explanation even close to this good! I’m really trying to learn piano and thanks to you I am finally starting to grasp the whole time signature concept.
You’re welcome! So glad that this helped!
Learning music in England is a pain in the arse, I tell ya. It's all crotchets, quavers, and semibreves. Note, half note, quarter note etc is much better. It's like America has the metric system and I'm struggling with bushels and furlongs. Anyway, great video, thanks :)
I’m glad you found this video helpful!
LMAO and couldn't agree more.
thank you so much!!! because of you I understood! You are the BEST at explaining this.
You’re welcome!! Let me know if you have any other music theory questions I can answer. I’m looking for some new video ideas.
In one word your teaching method is very much suitable for beginners or those who are in advance stage. So I am following your videos sincerely and learning much as your method of technique is simple, understandable and easy to grasp at once. Only thing is that sound quality in all practical sessions is to be improved or made a better sound one. However Your techniques of teaching is very much laudable. Thank you very much for your learning tips in all videos. Thanks once more.
Thank you so much for your comment and encouragement! I’m so glad that my teaching is helping you to understand! I have tried working on the sound as well, and I believe it is better in the newer videos. If you feel there is still issue with sound or anything else, do let me know with a comment on the newer videos.
Thank you very much. I am a vocalist who is learning to sight sing. Your video was great, I understand time signatures better. 😊
best tutorial ever on time signature
Thank you so much for making this! I've watched countless videos on time signatures and you're the first one that I've seen to explain this in a way that I can understand.
One thing I noticed is that you only covered time signatures in which all the bottom numbers were EVEN numbers, is this because it can only be an even number or is it just the most common?
Like for example if I get a 2/3 time, would that mean that every dotted half note gets a beat? Or in 4/6 would each dotted quarter note get a beat? What about something like 5/7 ? Does that even exist? Lol I know I'm asking a lot but maybe you can make another video addressing that or just reply here. Either way you already helped a lot so thanks. You get my subscription
You’re welcome! Welcome to our music community. Glad to have you here! And thank you for the feedback. I’m glad that it is easy to understand.
I will need to make a video on less common time signatures. I have a video coming up in a few weeks on the bottom number in time signatures as well. I think that should help, but I will explain as much as I can in this comment.
In music we do use even numbers for time signature for the bottom number, specifically 2, 4, and 8. 1 or 16 is technically possible but very uncommon. I have never seen these time signatures myself. 1 would mean a whole note gets 1 beat and 16 would mean a 16th note gets one beat.
The bottom number basically tells you how to divide the whole note. So if it is a 4 on the bottom, we divide the whole note into 4, so the quarter note gets one beat. That being said, the examples you gave of 2/3 time or 4/6 time are technically possible, but very unlikely. It would be a meter that would be very hard to feel. With the 3 on the bottom, we would divide the whole note into 3, which would mean a triplet half note gets one beat. So 2/3 then would mean that we get 2 triplet half notes per measure. 4/6 time would mean 2/3 of a quarter note gets one beat. As you can imagine, this would be incredibly complicated. This is why composers don’t use these time signatures. If one did use it, it would probably be to make a point.
I have not seen a dotted half note get one beat in a time signature.
A dotted quarter note also cannot really get 1 beat as far as I know. But, in 12/8 time and 9/8 time and 6/8 time, even though the eighth note gets one beat, we often will feel the dotted quarter note as one beat, and call it compound meter. So 12/8 time feels like a more complicated 4/4 time and will often be conducted as 4 beats per measure (with the dotted quarter note getting one beat)
The 7 on the bottom, not sure if it is possible, but again if it is, then quite complicated. It is not a time signature I have seen.
Thank you for these questions. Looks like you are curious and ready to learn! Feel free to ask more questions, and I will be happy to answer. I also will make videos on some of the questions that my subscribers ask in the comments.
@@PracticalPianoTips thank you so much for taking the time to reply, that was extremely helpful! I've been kinda learning to read sheet music on my own for a while and I always just kinda ignored time signatures, with this i can properly practice. I already watched your other video on the note values which cleared some questions for me. I don't know if you have one here, but just as a suggestion. You might make a video on the different type of bar lines. Like I get confused sometimes because some music contains bar lines that indicate you should go back to another part of the composition and so on. Anyways thanks again. I'll be looking out for your new content.
Good day!
@@danny91pr you’re welcome! :) And thank you for the suggestion. I will put that one on my list as well. Have a great day!
TNice tutorials is literally the best tutorial on TH-cam. It's right to the point, and very informative at the sa ti. Thank you so much
Wow. I used to play a little bit of piano in my younger days and I have been a member of choirs through elementary school, junior high, high school, and college and junior and senior county honors choirs and a professional adult chorus when I was in high school and as an adult I have also taken private voice lessons. I am pretty good with singing pieces, breath control, and tonal memory, and rhythmic memory and can repeat things that I hear etc.. But, my weakness is sight reading and I am trying to brush up on it.
Thanx so much for this video. It is very very helpful.
I’m so glad this was helpful!
Madam you're awesome at explaining these timesignatures .. Keep it up
Thank you so much! This helped me a lot especially for my music subject! so far the easiest and informative tutorial you can find out there.
Thank you, Ma'am, for the way you have explained these time signatures. It was really helpful for me as I was struggling with this since last week. I am a beginner in piano.
Prakash Chauhan time signatures can be confusing to understand. I’m so glad that it was helpful for you! I will be sharing many more beginning piano concepts, especially to do with music reading and beginning music theory concepts. Maybe you will find more helpful tips on my channel later on as well.
And I’m sure you will succeed with the piano! Best of luck!
This was easy to learn THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISS!
You’re welcome! :)
Absolutely brilliant video, answered a lot of questions I had about time signatures
Thank you! I’m so glad your questions got answered :)
I can't even belive I have learnt how to read 12/8 beats just right now I have subscribed please send another video thank you
I’m so glad you learned something new! I will do my best to add some more videos to my channel. Its been busy with work and kids. Let me know if you have any questions for me to answer.
Thank you so much ❤️ please upload how to count time signature,what is pitching,and more2 music lessons for beginners, really hoping to learn more from you
Thank you so much for the questions and ideas 😊 I will be uploading 1-2 times per week, so I will definitely work on these topics as well. Which instrument are you learning?
@@PracticalPianoTips keyboard and vocal😬thank you so much 💜
Here is the answer to one of your questions, how to count time signatures. Hope it helps! How to Count Time Signatures: [2/4, 3/4, 4/4 time rhythm practice]. It is up on my page.
@@PracticalPianoTips thank you so much
Most helpful video I’ve found so far
I truly believe no one is capable of explaining that bottom number…
Hi Marcus, This video is more of an overview of time signatures. I have another video that is specifically about the bottom number. Hope that helps! m.th-cam.com/video/lNXGzX1dIq4/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUhVGltZSBzaWduYXR1cmVzIHRoZSBib3R0b20gbnVtYmVy
Awesome. May need to go over it 2 or 3 times to make sure I got it down!
What a FANTASTIC lecture. Thank you so very much! Amazing indeed.
I learned a lot about time signatures which is often one of my downfalls. Would you do another video on time signatures w/ rests included in your counting? I could really use it. Thank you! Jeana from DELAWARE
Hi Jeana! I’m glad you learned something new. Thank you for the idea. I will plan that for one of my next videos. I don’t believe I put rests in any of my time signature videos.
I do have a playlist on time signature that I will link below. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out to see if another one of these videos would be helpful for you.
m.th-cam.com/play/PLfSjxatOcMu6cASKagtxWgOfIGMHn5uHP.html
Your video is one of the best it's really make our confusion solve. Such a very helpful teacher I had ever seen someone write a long text for explaining. I wish to learn music from you such a kind heart you are💓.
I’m so glad I could help! Thank you for the encouraging comment!
I understood the lesson so I’m a subscriber!
As someone who plays by ear, I always appreciate people who can read music, but those who can teach on top of that brings the respect to another level. Your voice combined with the breakdown really engaged me. I believe you are helping many with these lessons. Joined you channel family for sure. 🤗❤🙌🎹💯💥
Glad to have you here! 😊 playing by ear and reading music are so different from each other. I learned to read music first, and then it took me a while to learn to play by ear.
@@PracticalPianoTips which do you find easier? I play by ear. I think it would be extremely hard to learn to play by reading music, as I’ve always just played and figured it out.
@@OneHandPianoMan I think it really depends on the person. I find it easier to read sheet music. For me I would equate it to reading a story out loud or making one up on the spot. It is the way I was taught as a kid and it came easy to me. I know several people who find it easier to play by ear even though they know how to read music as well. And then others who like me had to learn to play by ear. I think it has something to do with how our brains work and how well the ear is developed from a young age. Plus with playing by ear, there is a lot of creativity that needs to go into playing. It’s not just picking out the melody and chords. It’s so much more than that!
@@PracticalPianoTips Thank you for sharing. I wish I grew up reading because I feel the combination of the two could help a great deal. For now, I will coontinue to play be ear and watch people like you break things down for me. I appreciate you and hope you have a wonderful weekend. Do you have a favorite song?
@@OneHandPianoMan It’s so hard to pick just one. I’m really into Romantic era music. Especially Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Absolutely I’ve Rachmaninov’s 2nd piano concerto.
Best explanation out there. Congrats
Thanks!
Amazing!!! Helped with the same doubt a lot of people have. The bottom number haha. Thanks a lot!
Thank you very good, helpful, and you exhibited great patience!
I need help if you have a chance. In 6/8 time - six beats per measure / the 8th note gets the beat. Ok I got that. A dotted quarter note gets 3 beats. Two beats for the quarter note, one for the dot. So when there is a dotted half note, you said that gets 6 beats. So it’s four beats for the half note and two for the dot? Does the dot basically mean cut the attached note in half for the dot’s value or does it double the note?
So if I had a dotted whole note (forgive me if I’m using a crappy example lol) would that then be worth 6 beats or 10 beats?
Thank you so much!! Love your videos!!
Thank you for your question. The dot doesn’t mean just add one more. For the dot you would add half of the value of the note itself. So with the whole note, you would not see it in 6/8 time at all because it wouldn’t fit in the measure. But in 4/4 time a whole note is worth 4 beats (because the 4 on the bottom means the quarter note gets one beat) so the dotted whole note would be (4 beats for the whole note plus 2 beats for the dot = 6 beats)
Dotted quarter note in 6/8 time
2 beats for the quarter note and 1 beat for the dot = 3 beats
Dotted half note in 6/8 time:
4 beats for the half note plus 2 beats for the dot = 6 beats
When we change the time signature to 4/4 time the values of the notes would be as follows;
Dotted quarter note:
1 beat for the quarter note and 1/2 beat for the dot = 1 1/2 beats
I am new to learning how to play the piano and I’m also taking an introductory class on music theory. Your explanation is so clear. I wish I had come across your video sooner! Thank you!!!!!🙏
You’re welcome! So glad I could help!
Thank you for making it simple!! I finally understand time signatures!! Happy Dance!! :)
Wonderful!! I love reading comments like this!
This is great 👌👍
It's easy to understand..........
Thank you! I’m glad you found it easy to understand.
Thank you for watching and learning with me! Do you have any questions about music theory? Please comment below! And don’t forget to like a subscribe!
Thank you I'm now understand clearly
Excellent primer! I took piano lessons as a kid, and I suppose I had a rudimentary understanding of how these things worked. Now I'm in a position where I'd like to understand this stuff again, and videos like this break it all down perfectly :)
Wonderful! I’m glad you found it useful :) usually it’s not explained in such detail in music lessons, but as adults, we want to truly understand the concepts.
Everything is explained crystal clear. Thank you very much. Expecting more videos from you.
Sounds good :) I’ll be making more. Is there any particular concepts you want covered?
Have you seen my playlist on time signatures yet? Maybe there is another video there that would interest you.
m.th-cam.com/play/PLfSjxatOcMu6cASKagtxWgOfIGMHn5uHP.html
Very nicely explained.. thank you.
Thank You very much Angélica. God bless You.
Hello Flavio! You’re very welcome! And how is your family?
We are fine, thanks. I hope your family are fine.
@@flaviohernandez6570 yes we are thank you. Both Victoria and I had a new baby recently, so just keeping busy with all the little children. You have a blessed day! So good to hear from you.
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Thank you! That really made a lot of sense. I'll definitely be checking out your other videos.
Thank you for explaining this so well and quick.
Subbed and liked.
Glad to help :)
Such a helpful explanation, thank you so much.
You’re welcome :)
Thank you dear, I'm beginning to understand time signature I tried to understand for long.
I’m so glad you’re understanding :) you’re welcome
Hi Joseph, which instrument are you learning?
@@PracticalPianoTips I'm actually learning piano, I learnt playing by ear. But right now I'm learning playing with the staff. If you can really help Me I would be glad. Thank you my Instructor!
I will be posting more videos about reading music, and I do have a full playlist on reading music, including note values, reading on the staff, time signatures, key signatures and more. Glad to help :)
This was rich in knowledge
Awesome Video, Very Informative
Thank you! :)
Simple and easy to understand, thanks
You’re welcome :)
Thank you 😊
Nw I m leaning time signature
I have learnt a lot. Thanks so much
Thank i really learned very good things from you
Excellent. Have you done any videos on layering time signatures on top of one another? That's intriguing!
Thank you! I have not done any videos on layering time signatures yet. Thank you for the suggestion!
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Hi I just followed you over from Woman you tubers group! Great video! I’ve been playing piano for 40 years, and you explained this super well! Looking forward to watching your other videos! I just started me channel last month as well. So if your looking for some recipes , come on over ❤️❤️. Have a wonderful day❤️
Thank you Karen! It’s good to hear that from a musician!
Wonderful! Is there any music you are currently playing? Do you teach piano as well or is it more of a hobby?
Cooking is one of those things I need to do every day, so new ideas are always welcome. I will check it out.
Practical Piano Tips i just play as a Hobby. I like so many styles of music. But trying to work on some John Legend songs and just got some Lady Gaga songs ❤️❤️
In the Kitchen with Karen very good! That sounds like so much fun! I love to just sit down and play the piano. I find it is one of the best places for me to relax and destress. Music is something that connects all of us!
The best ever explained. Thanks much!
You’re welcome!
This is my first time and that was awesome 👍 i love it, and i love music 😍
Thank you. extremely helpful.
You’re welcome! I’m glad I could help. Let me know if there are any other questions I can answer for you.
What an explanation! Thank you!
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Excellent teaching!
You did the job very good!
Thank you!
Thank you so much!This video helped me so much.
This video was sooo helpful, I can't thank you enough!
You’re very welcome!!
👍 wonderful!
Glad you enjoyed it!
In 6/8, I don’t think the “8” tells you that the eighth note gets the beat. Instead, 6/8 is a compound meter and the 8 instead tells you the note value of the triple subdivision found in compound meters. So 6/8 instead is best thought of as having “two” beats broken into groups of threes (with each eighth note making up one of the three subs of each overall note).
Is this correct?
So you are correct about 6/8 being a compound meter. You do understand that well :) in a way it is both. Ultimately we do want to feel 6/8 as 2 beats and even count it that way. But to understand the value of each of the notes, we also need to understand 6/8 as the eighth note gets one best. When playing a 6/8 piece slowly, counting 6 beats is also beneficial.
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Works for me.
This was very helpful for a drummer new to your channel :)
Welcome! So glad to see you here :)
It's interesting. I will like to know more
A rare and good video. Thanks for making this so clear. It would be great if you can do a rev of the video with a metronome and combining time signatures with the 1/4 and 1/8th notation. For instance, the famous Hanon practice book starts with a 2/4 signature but with 1/8th notes at a metronome speed of 60. Now does that mean I am banging away at an effective speed of 120 per key or 240 per key?
Very good idea for a video and great question.
Many thanks - a real help. Much appreciated.
You’re very welcome :)
Finally understood it
So I guess it's not really a fraction but instead a multiplication:
3x4 = 1 bar
12x8 = 1 bar
Hi, I don’t think it is either a fraction or multiplication. It’s 3 quarter notes in a bar, or 12 eighth notes in a bar. The bottom number is just the type of note that gets a beat, and the top tell how many of that particular note.
thaks for clear explanation
I was actually having quite a difficult time understanding the whole denominator beat, especially when it came to the 6/8 notes.
Very easy to learn.. Thanks..
You’re welcome :)
Thank you so much🙏🏾🙏🏾
you're an angel
Wow! BEAUTIFUL tutorial. 🤗Great!
Thank you!
Love it very simple thanks!
Thanks!
Prins Playz you’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful. Do you have any other music theory or piano technique questions?
Hey. just subbed to your channel. Live your content 🙂👍🎵. My question to you is that can the bottom number of the measureme be any number or it's in 2, 4, 8, etc. Like could it be 6/11? And also what's the highest number that can go on the bottom?
Thank you! And I’m glad that you are here 😊 to answer your question, it cannot be just any number. It’s basically just 2, 4, and 8. You may also see a C for common time, or cut time with the C with a vertical slash. I have a video that is precisely about that. Let me link it down below for you.
m.th-cam.com/video/lNXGzX1dIq4/w-d-xo.html
@@PracticalPianoTips Thank you so much I'll check it out and get back to you! 🙂🎵
Great video thank you
I love how you explain this🎉
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Very well explained. Thank you
You’re welcome :)
Very informative ! Thank you
You’re welcome! Which instrument do you play?
I play guitar and am learning other instruments like piano and drums so i feel i need to have a better understanding of the time signature.I learned this stuff in General Music in middle school like a hundred years ago but i didnt pay attention much lol...so this is a great vid!
That’s great! I’m glad I could help :)
Excellent job
Thank you!
I love it
I am relearning my violin after 10years 😂so I am like a new bee😂😂
Thanx for this
in a time with anything over 4 on the bottom, what do you do with the whole note? does it carry on to the next measure if it is 6/8?
In many of the time signatures you simply will not see a whole note. Even in 12/8 time, which would have enough beats, because it won’t make sense with the music. 6/8 time and 3/8 time the whole simply doesn’t fit in the measure so it will not be used.
Well explained.Keep up!
Thank you!
thanks, this explains a lot! but i still don't get how do we know how long a "beat" itself is?
It’s not a certain amount of seconds. The length of the beat can vary depending on how fast or slow the tempo is. If you look up a metronome, with all the different tempos, it basically shows how fast or slow we can make the beat.
Thanks for this, very easy to understand
You’re welcome!
Thank you.... fantastic tutorial
You’re welcome!
Miss may you explain the bottom number? Im really confused on it
Yes of course :) the bottom number tells you which type of note gets one beat. The choices are 2 for a half note gets one beat, 4 for a quarter note gets one beat, and 8 for an eighth note gets one beat. So this means that the bottom number changes the values of the notes. For example if the 4 is on the bottom, the quarter note gets one beat. This means that the half note gets 2 beats, the whole note gets 4 beats. If the 8 is on the bottom, the 8th note gets one beat. This means that the quarter note gets 2 beats, the half note gets 4 beats and the whole note gets 8 beats. If the 2 is on the bottom, this means the half note gets one beat. This means that the quarter note gets only half a beat, the half note gets 1 beat and the whole note gets 2 beats.
It may be confusing to understand written out like this without pictures of the notes. I also have these 2 videos that partially cover the subject, but I think I should make a separate video just about the bottom number.
How to Count Time Signatures: 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 time
How to Count Time Signatures: [2/4, 3/4, 4/4 time rhythm practice]
Hope this helps.
Sorry I tried to make the videos a link but it didn’t post that way. Please check my channel for playlist about time signatures.
Awesome..thanks
Best explained
Helps me alot❤
Thanks I have learn so much
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Thank you so much.
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Very nice 👍