Suggested Learning Resources

1) YFIO

2) Video Lesson: YouTube Crown College Channel http://youtu.be/UWKtNYmTkMw


3) Online Reading: MusicTheory.net Lesson http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/15


4) Interactive Lesson: MusicTheoryHelp Exercise 

http://www.musictheoryhelp.co.uk/exercises/rhythm/5-compound-time-signatures/

Music Theory QuickThink: 

-          For compound time signatures, the beat unit (note value worth one beat) is always a dotted note

-          Any dotted note rhythmic value can represent beat in compound music(called the beat unit) depending on the time signature (Ex. a dotted whole note could be worth 1 beat, a dotted half note could be worth 1 beat, a dotted quarter note could be worth 1 beat, etc.)

-          Compound time signatures have the number 6, 9 or 12 as the top number.

-          For compound time signatures 6=duple (two beats per measure) 9=triple (three beats per measure) 12=quadruple (4 beats per measure)

-          The bottom number of a compound time signature specifies which note value is worth one beat’s divisional unit

-          Bottom number 4 indicates quarter notes are the beat division, thus dotted half note is the beat unit.  Bottom number 8 indicates eighth notes are the beat division, thus dotted quarter note is the beat unit.  Bottom number 16 indicates 16th note is the beat division, thus dotted 8th is the beat unit.

-          The numbers 3,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 never appear as the bottom number of a time signature, because they are not associated with our named rhythmic note values

Objective 1.33: Examples in Music: YouTube

http://youtu.be/h-JTRwcDWIE

Objective 1.33: Identify the compound time signatures of 6/8 , 9/8, 12/8, 6/4, 9/4, 12/4,  6/16, 9/16, etc. and explain what the top and bottom numbers mean