03-05-2020, 05:00 PM
The rhythm scheme is completely dependent on where you place the downbeat in the song. The grid cannot help you to do this.
The grid is divided into many large sixteen-note sections.
If you place a downbeat every sixteen notes, (skipping all four intermediate grid lines), then you are making a song that uses four-fourths, or common time.
If you instead place a downbeat every twelve notes, (skipping only three intermediate grid lines), then you are making a song that uses three-fourths time.
Using this system, a half note is still equal to eight note lengths, a quarter note is still equal to four note lengths, an eighth note is still equal to two grid lines, and so forth.
(This is based on 1 measure being sixteen grid blocks, not 1 measure equaling 4 grid blocks, which is also a way you could think of it. It's all just math and dividing a section into note lengths.)
Also note that you can place exactly four measures of 3/4 beats into exactly three measures of 4/4 grid lines.
I hope this helps.
Good luck.
The grid is divided into many large sixteen-note sections.
If you place a downbeat every sixteen notes, (skipping all four intermediate grid lines), then you are making a song that uses four-fourths, or common time.
If you instead place a downbeat every twelve notes, (skipping only three intermediate grid lines), then you are making a song that uses three-fourths time.
Using this system, a half note is still equal to eight note lengths, a quarter note is still equal to four note lengths, an eighth note is still equal to two grid lines, and so forth.
(This is based on 1 measure being sixteen grid blocks, not 1 measure equaling 4 grid blocks, which is also a way you could think of it. It's all just math and dividing a section into note lengths.)
Also note that you can place exactly four measures of 3/4 beats into exactly three measures of 4/4 grid lines.
I hope this helps.
Good luck.
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