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petterdass · Post by **petterdass** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:18 pm

whole note and bar same length?

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:25 pm

Only in a 4/4 signature.
A whole note always refers to 4 quarters.
So, in a 3/4 signature, a dotted half note would already cover an entire bar.

JumpingJackFlash · Post by **JumpingJackFlash** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:19 pm

See my Introduction to music notation.

ibis · Post by **ibis** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:18 pm

Excellent music notation tutorial friend

I think many people who generate music really have no idea as to what the relationship between the terminology used in many sequencers and vsti's and the real world of musical notation. eg, 1/16 = semiquaver.

petterdass · Post by **petterdass** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:02 am

Thanks very much!!

jcivil · Post by **jcivil** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:03 am

one caveat, if notated, a whole note symbol conventionally represents 'one whole bar' in larger time signatures also; in music sans bar lines it only means four crotchets or quarters any way you slice it.

JumpingJackFlash · Post by **JumpingJackFlash** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:10 pm

jcivil wrote:one caveat, if notated, a whole note symbol conventionally represents 'one whole bar' in larger time signatures also

This is only true with a semibreve (whole note) rest. The note itself is always worth 4 crotchets (quarter notes). In editions of early music for example, you will often see multiple semibreves in a bar, sometimes they are tied, sometimes a breve is used instead (worth two semibreves, or 8 crotchets).

jcivil · Post by **jcivil** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:02 am

Wiki, "Whole Note':

The whole rest, and occasionally the whole note, are also used in a more general way in time signatures other than 4/4; there they can represent the entire measure, regardless of how many whole notes would ordinarily fit in.