Submitted by Then-State5048 t3_z8evym in Music
Does anyone know how to fell the time signature 7/16 in to something a little friendlier? Possibly 4/4
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geoscott t1_iybabpg wrote
Then-State5048 OP t1_iybi4hq wrote
Oops I meant ",make."
Then-State5048 OP t1_iybi7ws wrote
Cause that is the time signature for what I'm playing
Then-State5048 OP t1_iybix3z wrote
It transitions from 4/4 to 7/16 to 5/16 to 3/8.
randallhobbsart t1_iybjfip wrote
Why do you want to do that? Is it difficult to play? Seems like you wrote a complicated tune. I love crazy time signatures.
adhdtrashpanda t1_iybneki wrote
Sometimes I'll count it like "123, 1234" or "1234, 123" also placing an accent on the 1, 3, and 5 can help give it a bit more of a groove
Then-State5048 OP t1_iycmc0f wrote
Well I have to for an audition
drumnbird t1_iycv8kt wrote
So u have to take the 16th notes in 4/4 as the new pulse in 7/16 or 5/16, then the 8th notes in 4/4 for the 3/8 pulse. This is provided that there are no markings stating otherwise.
If these time sig changes are consecutive bars, 7 + 5 = 12/16 which is equal to 6/8. Add the 3/8 bar and it’s 9/8 total. But, without seeing the chart, this way of thinking may not work do to rhythmic phases within 7, 5, and 3/8. My guess is that this is true or it wouldn’t have been written that way. In the end it’s a great exercise in counting. Once you sort it (go slow), it won’t be so bizarre.
Then-State5048 OP t1_iycye5z wrote
Thanks this helped a lot
drumnbird t1_iyba1cq wrote
Groups of 4 and 3, or 3 and 4, or at it’s base level, groups of 2’s and 3’s
How do u know it’s 7/16 and not 7/8, or 7/4?