• UNIT 1 COMPLEX TIME SIGNATURE

    PART TWO: MUSIC

    Key unit competence: Be able to sol-fa respecting complex time 

    signatures

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    The time signatures that do not fit the usual duple, triple or quadruple categories 
    are called complex, asymmetric, irregular, unusual, or odd. They are subdivided 
    into beat patterns that make them easier to count and they contain both simple 

    and compound beats. Hence, they are called “complex time signatures.

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    Since a quavers is equal to one beat, the semiquavers is equal to half a beat, and 
    the beat will be subdivided accordingly.

    Practice five eight time

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    1.3. Seven-eight time signature

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    1.4. Eight-eight time signature

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    2) How does 4/4 differ from 8/8
    3) Draw the conducting pattern of the following time signatures
    a) Eight-eight meter
    b) Five-eight time
    c) Ten-eight meter
    d) Seven-eight-time signature
    4) Sing the following melodies respecting the time signature
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