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The
best way to learn these "Musical Styles"
(Time Signatures) is to listen to them.
By listening to them, you will be able hear
the style in your head before you play it.
When you see a 3/4 on the staff, you will
be able to recall a Waltz that you have
listened to before. And, you will then have
some idea of what the music should sound
like before you begin playing it. This is
important!
Band
Leaders/ Music Teachers, etc. will communicate
how they want you to play a piece of music
by referring to it's style. Let's look at
a list of common styles:
- Waltz
in 3/4
- Jazz
Waltz in 3/4
- Dixieland
in Cut Time (2/4) see
C with vertical line through it below.
- Polka
in Cut Time (2/4) see
C with vertical line through it below.
- Polka
in 4/4
- Jazz
Waltz in 6/8
- March
in 4/4
- March
in Cut Time (2/4) see
C with vertical line through it below.
- Jazz
Waltz in 5/4
- Latin,
Bossa, in 4/4
- Ballad
in 4/4
- Ballad
in 3/4
- Ballad
in 6/8
- Swing
in 4/4
- 12
Bar Blues in 4/4
- And
there are hundreds more in Classical,
Latin American, Middle Eastern, Oriental,
Folk Music, Rock, etc.
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