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AP Music Theory 3.3 Score Analysis. Which of the following answers names the cadence that moves from IV to I?
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AP Music Theory 3.2 Score Analysis. What notes would have sharps in the key of c sharp minor?
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AP Music Theory 4.1 Score Analysis. Which of the following answers is an example of compound meter?
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Thank you We sneak in and here's your smoked You
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sure brought to you by time signatures were still trying
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to get an autograph from cut time He's always rushing
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off somewhere Okay Here's our question which of the following
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answers is an example of compound meter and hear your
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potential answers brought to you by the metric system with
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a different deal All right compound and simple are opposing
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terms used for a lot of things including interest fractures
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and time signatures Luckily for all parties involved we're looking
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at time signatures So if we get this question wrong
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we might be looking at fractures Are boss Takes music
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education pretty seriously for this problem all we need to
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know is what a compound meter is versus a simple
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meter Well a simple meter is any time signature in
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which the beats air naturally divided into two equal parts
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Whereas a compound meter is any time signature where the
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beats are naturally divided into threes So yep Looks like
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we have to use math You could do it Drummers
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stay strong Okay So for example the time signature eight
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to khun be divided into two parts That means answer
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D's on the wrong team Likewise the time signature for
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one is naturally divisible into two equal parts for one
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would also be a great name for a boy band
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but it's not our answer So bye bye bye answer
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B seven four is tricky It appears to be neither
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compound nor simple but if we think about each of
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the seven beats in the measure being divided into two
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eighth notes each we can see that it's in simple
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meter to which leaves us with twelve sixteen Well twelve
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sixteen is naturally divisible by three no matter how you
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slice it Three groups of four four groups of three
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ala mode or ice cream on the side our compound
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meter is answered a so many fractions We have broken
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our math bone Now all we have to do is
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figure out if it's a compound or a simple fracture
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