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This is a very beginner question as I am a complete beginner. How is change in speed during a song notated in standard notation? Is it done by changing the time signature for each measure that has a different speed? What if one measure has multiple different speeds? Do you have to write the tempo above each measure that has a different speed? Thank you in advance for your help. (If anyone knows a free site etc. where I can learn about writing standard notation, that would be greatly appreciated.)
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This is a very beginner question as I am a complete beginner. How is change in speed during a song notated in standard notation? Is it done by changing the time signature for each measure that has a different speed? What if one measure has multiple different speeds? Do you have to write the tempo above each measure that has a different speed? Thank you in advance for your help. (If anyone knows a free site etc. where I can learn about writing standard notation, that would be greatly appreciated.)
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It's a fairly impractical situation - music generally speaking, doesn't do what you suggest.
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This is a very beginner question as I am a complete beginner. How is change in speed during a song notated in standard notation? Is it done by changing the time signature for each measure that has a different speed? What if one measure has multiple different speeds? Do you have to write the tempo above each measure that has a different speed? Thank you in advance for your help. (If anyone knows a free site etc. where I can learn about writing standard notation, that would be greatly appreciated.)
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This is a very beginner question as I am a complete beginner. How is change in speed during a song notated in standard notation? Is it done by changing the time signature for each measure that has a different speed? What if one measure has multiple different speeds? Do you have to write the tempo above each measure that has a different speed? Thank you in advance for your help. (If anyone knows a free site etc. where I can learn about writing standard notation, that would be greatly appreciated.)
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It's a fairly impractical situation - music generally speaking, doesn't do what you suggest.
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It's a fairly impractical situation - music generally speaking, doesn't do what you suggest.
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It's a fairly impractical situation - music generally speaking, doesn't do what you suggest.
– Tim
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It's a fairly impractical situation - music generally speaking, doesn't do what you suggest.
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When you're talking about speed, it's important to keep three concepts separated:
- the underlying pulse of the music. I.e., how much time passes between each quarter note, or in layman's terms, when you're tapping your foot to the music, how fast are you tapping? Changes in the pulse are notated as "acc." for "accelerando" (get faster) and "rit." for "ritardando" (get slower) when it's a gradual change. For a sudden change, you write the new speed above the measure where the tempo changes (either in beats per minute, or in one of the vague tempo terms like "moderato" or "presto").
- the values of the notes you're playing. If you're playing in 4/4, you can play one whole note per bar, or two half notes, or four quarters, or eight eighths... obviously, when you switch from a melody consisting of half and quarter notes to one of sixteenths, you have to play faster, even though the tempo doesn't change. You just have to write the appropriate note values. Likewise, unless you are in the realm of avantgarde music, you don't have more than one tempo simultaneously. You have one tempo, and if different instruments play shorter or longer notes, you just write the appropriate note values to match the tempo.
- the time signature - roughly speaking, how many beats in your given tempo do you play before the rhythmic structure repeats. This is not really related to speed. You could have a 3/4 time signature at 120 bpm, or a 4/4 at 120 bpm, and you'd play at exactly the same speed as long as the note values are the same. (It is common to write very fast-paced music as 2/2 rather than 4/4, but that's more a matter of conveying the feel than a mathematical necessity.)
answered 19 hours ago
Richard Metzler
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When talking about the "vague terms" for tempos, it's probably worth mentioning that these are often descriptive of the intended mood or effect, rather than a strict prescription of tempo, e.g. "andante" (walking pace) or "allegro" (lively). Particularly in solo performances, interpreting such directions is part of bringing character to a performance, so considering them as equivalent to a particular BPM would be a mistake.
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A great beginner's question!
Several ways, and not usually by a change of tempo (bpm). Generally, each bar (measure) is the same length timewise, so faster notes will make it feel quicker; slower (longer) notes make it feel like it's slowed down.
There are signs which indicate speed change - accelerando, ritardando, rallentando being some. It's possible to go from, say, 4/4 to 3/4 making the latter shorter, but that's not particularly to make the music speed up.
answered 22 hours ago
Tim
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Thank you very much for you response. I'm still not quite sure how to do it, but your answer certainly has put me on track.
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How is speed change notated?
Usually fairly imprecisely. The most precise way to notate it is with a metronome marking. If the change in speed is to be sudden, this is precise. However, if the speed is to change over a period of time, there is no way to be precise about it aside from using a word such as accelerando, rallentando, ritardando, or the like. These indications give no clue about the rate of change of the speed.
They are even ambiguous as to whether you reach the target speed smoothly, or just approach it or even bypass it and then adopt it suddenly. For example, consider the following:
X:1
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=80
cBAG|cBAG|[Q:"accelerando"]cBAG|cBAG|[Q:1/4=120]cBAG|cBAG|
The eight notes in measures 1 and 2 should each last for 0.75 seconds. The last eight should each last for 0.5 seconds. But there's nothing that precisely specifies the duration of any note in measures 3 and 4. One can conclude that each note should have a shorter duration than the one preceding it, but even that is a matter of interpretation. For example, the last note in measure 4 could be shorter than the first note in measure 5, or it could be maybe 0.7 seconds long, so the tempo would increase over measures 3 and 4 but still jump up at the beginning of measure 5.
Sometimes composers do "write out" a rallentando explicitly, with varying degrees of complexity. It's hardly unusual to see something like this:
X:2
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/4
CCGG|AAG2|F2F2|E2E2|D4|D4|C8|]
A modern classical composer might do something like this:
X:3
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=80
C2C2G2G2|A2A2G4|[M:7/8]F3F4|[M:5/8](E3E2)|[M:3/4]E6|[M:4/4]D8|[M:8/4]D16|(C16|C16)|]
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Do you have to write the tempo above each measure that has a different speed?
Yes
What if one measure has multiple different speeds?
Divide the measure into two, each with different time signature and tempo. Example) if 4/4 measure has the first quarter note with tempo 112 and the remaining 3 quarter notes with tempo 70, then have the following two measures.
- first measure with time signature 1/4 and tempo 112,
- second measure with time signature 3/4 and tempo 70,
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answered 19 hours ago
Bruce
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I honestly think it would be extremely difficult for most players to play what you suggest in 1 and 2. The main purpose of having bars that are of equal duration - like most music - is that it's practical to play. Establish a pulse, count, off you go. I'd challenge a lot of players to play something, cold, and be at 112bpm., let alone do that then change tempo to 70bpm! Whilst a lot of music is written with beats in the bar changes, there's usually a pulse running through different bars.
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When you're talking about speed, it's important to keep three concepts separated:
- the underlying pulse of the music. I.e., how much time passes between each quarter note, or in layman's terms, when you're tapping your foot to the music, how fast are you tapping? Changes in the pulse are notated as "acc." for "accelerando" (get faster) and "rit." for "ritardando" (get slower) when it's a gradual change. For a sudden change, you write the new speed above the measure where the tempo changes (either in beats per minute, or in one of the vague tempo terms like "moderato" or "presto").
- the values of the notes you're playing. If you're playing in 4/4, you can play one whole note per bar, or two half notes, or four quarters, or eight eighths... obviously, when you switch from a melody consisting of half and quarter notes to one of sixteenths, you have to play faster, even though the tempo doesn't change. You just have to write the appropriate note values. Likewise, unless you are in the realm of avantgarde music, you don't have more than one tempo simultaneously. You have one tempo, and if different instruments play shorter or longer notes, you just write the appropriate note values to match the tempo.
- the time signature - roughly speaking, how many beats in your given tempo do you play before the rhythmic structure repeats. This is not really related to speed. You could have a 3/4 time signature at 120 bpm, or a 4/4 at 120 bpm, and you'd play at exactly the same speed as long as the note values are the same. (It is common to write very fast-paced music as 2/2 rather than 4/4, but that's more a matter of conveying the feel than a mathematical necessity.)
answered 19 hours ago
Richard Metzler
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When talking about the "vague terms" for tempos, it's probably worth mentioning that these are often descriptive of the intended mood or effect, rather than a strict prescription of tempo, e.g. "andante" (walking pace) or "allegro" (lively). Particularly in solo performances, interpreting such directions is part of bringing character to a performance, so considering them as equivalent to a particular BPM would be a mistake.
– IMSoP
19 hours ago
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When you're talking about speed, it's important to keep three concepts separated:
- the underlying pulse of the music. I.e., how much time passes between each quarter note, or in layman's terms, when you're tapping your foot to the music, how fast are you tapping? Changes in the pulse are notated as "acc." for "accelerando" (get faster) and "rit." for "ritardando" (get slower) when it's a gradual change. For a sudden change, you write the new speed above the measure where the tempo changes (either in beats per minute, or in one of the vague tempo terms like "moderato" or "presto").
- the values of the notes you're playing. If you're playing in 4/4, you can play one whole note per bar, or two half notes, or four quarters, or eight eighths... obviously, when you switch from a melody consisting of half and quarter notes to one of sixteenths, you have to play faster, even though the tempo doesn't change. You just have to write the appropriate note values. Likewise, unless you are in the realm of avantgarde music, you don't have more than one tempo simultaneously. You have one tempo, and if different instruments play shorter or longer notes, you just write the appropriate note values to match the tempo.
- the time signature - roughly speaking, how many beats in your given tempo do you play before the rhythmic structure repeats. This is not really related to speed. You could have a 3/4 time signature at 120 bpm, or a 4/4 at 120 bpm, and you'd play at exactly the same speed as long as the note values are the same. (It is common to write very fast-paced music as 2/2 rather than 4/4, but that's more a matter of conveying the feel than a mathematical necessity.)
answered 19 hours ago
Richard Metzler
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When talking about the "vague terms" for tempos, it's probably worth mentioning that these are often descriptive of the intended mood or effect, rather than a strict prescription of tempo, e.g. "andante" (walking pace) or "allegro" (lively). Particularly in solo performances, interpreting such directions is part of bringing character to a performance, so considering them as equivalent to a particular BPM would be a mistake.
– IMSoP
19 hours ago
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When you're talking about speed, it's important to keep three concepts separated:
- the underlying pulse of the music. I.e., how much time passes between each quarter note, or in layman's terms, when you're tapping your foot to the music, how fast are you tapping? Changes in the pulse are notated as "acc." for "accelerando" (get faster) and "rit." for "ritardando" (get slower) when it's a gradual change. For a sudden change, you write the new speed above the measure where the tempo changes (either in beats per minute, or in one of the vague tempo terms like "moderato" or "presto").
- the values of the notes you're playing. If you're playing in 4/4, you can play one whole note per bar, or two half notes, or four quarters, or eight eighths... obviously, when you switch from a melody consisting of half and quarter notes to one of sixteenths, you have to play faster, even though the tempo doesn't change. You just have to write the appropriate note values. Likewise, unless you are in the realm of avantgarde music, you don't have more than one tempo simultaneously. You have one tempo, and if different instruments play shorter or longer notes, you just write the appropriate note values to match the tempo.
- the time signature - roughly speaking, how many beats in your given tempo do you play before the rhythmic structure repeats. This is not really related to speed. You could have a 3/4 time signature at 120 bpm, or a 4/4 at 120 bpm, and you'd play at exactly the same speed as long as the note values are the same. (It is common to write very fast-paced music as 2/2 rather than 4/4, but that's more a matter of conveying the feel than a mathematical necessity.)
answered 19 hours ago
Richard Metzler
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When you're talking about speed, it's important to keep three concepts separated:
- the underlying pulse of the music. I.e., how much time passes between each quarter note, or in layman's terms, when you're tapping your foot to the music, how fast are you tapping? Changes in the pulse are notated as "acc." for "accelerando" (get faster) and "rit." for "ritardando" (get slower) when it's a gradual change. For a sudden change, you write the new speed above the measure where the tempo changes (either in beats per minute, or in one of the vague tempo terms like "moderato" or "presto").
- the values of the notes you're playing. If you're playing in 4/4, you can play one whole note per bar, or two half notes, or four quarters, or eight eighths... obviously, when you switch from a melody consisting of half and quarter notes to one of sixteenths, you have to play faster, even though the tempo doesn't change. You just have to write the appropriate note values. Likewise, unless you are in the realm of avantgarde music, you don't have more than one tempo simultaneously. You have one tempo, and if different instruments play shorter or longer notes, you just write the appropriate note values to match the tempo.
- the time signature - roughly speaking, how many beats in your given tempo do you play before the rhythmic structure repeats. This is not really related to speed. You could have a 3/4 time signature at 120 bpm, or a 4/4 at 120 bpm, and you'd play at exactly the same speed as long as the note values are the same. (It is common to write very fast-paced music as 2/2 rather than 4/4, but that's more a matter of conveying the feel than a mathematical necessity.)
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When talking about the "vague terms" for tempos, it's probably worth mentioning that these are often descriptive of the intended mood or effect, rather than a strict prescription of tempo, e.g. "andante" (walking pace) or "allegro" (lively). Particularly in solo performances, interpreting such directions is part of bringing character to a performance, so considering them as equivalent to a particular BPM would be a mistake.
– IMSoP
19 hours ago
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When talking about the "vague terms" for tempos, it's probably worth mentioning that these are often descriptive of the intended mood or effect, rather than a strict prescription of tempo, e.g. "andante" (walking pace) or "allegro" (lively). Particularly in solo performances, interpreting such directions is part of bringing character to a performance, so considering them as equivalent to a particular BPM would be a mistake.
– IMSoP
19 hours ago
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When talking about the "vague terms" for tempos, it's probably worth mentioning that these are often descriptive of the intended mood or effect, rather than a strict prescription of tempo, e.g. "andante" (walking pace) or "allegro" (lively). Particularly in solo performances, interpreting such directions is part of bringing character to a performance, so considering them as equivalent to a particular BPM would be a mistake.
– IMSoP
19 hours ago
When talking about the "vague terms" for tempos, it's probably worth mentioning that these are often descriptive of the intended mood or effect, rather than a strict prescription of tempo, e.g. "andante" (walking pace) or "allegro" (lively). Particularly in solo performances, interpreting such directions is part of bringing character to a performance, so considering them as equivalent to a particular BPM would be a mistake.
– IMSoP
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A great beginner's question!
Several ways, and not usually by a change of tempo (bpm). Generally, each bar (measure) is the same length timewise, so faster notes will make it feel quicker; slower (longer) notes make it feel like it's slowed down.
There are signs which indicate speed change - accelerando, ritardando, rallentando being some. It's possible to go from, say, 4/4 to 3/4 making the latter shorter, but that's not particularly to make the music speed up.
answered 22 hours ago
Tim
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Thank you very much for you response. I'm still not quite sure how to do it, but your answer certainly has put me on track.
– コナーゲティ
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A great beginner's question!
Several ways, and not usually by a change of tempo (bpm). Generally, each bar (measure) is the same length timewise, so faster notes will make it feel quicker; slower (longer) notes make it feel like it's slowed down.
There are signs which indicate speed change - accelerando, ritardando, rallentando being some. It's possible to go from, say, 4/4 to 3/4 making the latter shorter, but that's not particularly to make the music speed up.
answered 22 hours ago
Tim
93.7k1096239
Thank you very much for you response. I'm still not quite sure how to do it, but your answer certainly has put me on track.
– コナーゲティ
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A great beginner's question!
Several ways, and not usually by a change of tempo (bpm). Generally, each bar (measure) is the same length timewise, so faster notes will make it feel quicker; slower (longer) notes make it feel like it's slowed down.
There are signs which indicate speed change - accelerando, ritardando, rallentando being some. It's possible to go from, say, 4/4 to 3/4 making the latter shorter, but that's not particularly to make the music speed up.
answered 22 hours ago
Tim
93.7k1096239
A great beginner's question!
Several ways, and not usually by a change of tempo (bpm). Generally, each bar (measure) is the same length timewise, so faster notes will make it feel quicker; slower (longer) notes make it feel like it's slowed down.
There are signs which indicate speed change - accelerando, ritardando, rallentando being some. It's possible to go from, say, 4/4 to 3/4 making the latter shorter, but that's not particularly to make the music speed up.
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Thank you very much for you response. I'm still not quite sure how to do it, but your answer certainly has put me on track.
– コナーゲティ
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Thank you very much for you response. I'm still not quite sure how to do it, but your answer certainly has put me on track.
– コナーゲティ
22 hours ago
Thank you very much for you response. I'm still not quite sure how to do it, but your answer certainly has put me on track.
– コナーゲティ
22 hours ago
Thank you very much for you response. I'm still not quite sure how to do it, but your answer certainly has put me on track.
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How is speed change notated?
Usually fairly imprecisely. The most precise way to notate it is with a metronome marking. If the change in speed is to be sudden, this is precise. However, if the speed is to change over a period of time, there is no way to be precise about it aside from using a word such as accelerando, rallentando, ritardando, or the like. These indications give no clue about the rate of change of the speed.
They are even ambiguous as to whether you reach the target speed smoothly, or just approach it or even bypass it and then adopt it suddenly. For example, consider the following:
X:1
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=80
cBAG|cBAG|[Q:"accelerando"]cBAG|cBAG|[Q:1/4=120]cBAG|cBAG|
The eight notes in measures 1 and 2 should each last for 0.75 seconds. The last eight should each last for 0.5 seconds. But there's nothing that precisely specifies the duration of any note in measures 3 and 4. One can conclude that each note should have a shorter duration than the one preceding it, but even that is a matter of interpretation. For example, the last note in measure 4 could be shorter than the first note in measure 5, or it could be maybe 0.7 seconds long, so the tempo would increase over measures 3 and 4 but still jump up at the beginning of measure 5.
Sometimes composers do "write out" a rallentando explicitly, with varying degrees of complexity. It's hardly unusual to see something like this:
X:2
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/4
CCGG|AAG2|F2F2|E2E2|D4|D4|C8|]
A modern classical composer might do something like this:
X:3
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=80
C2C2G2G2|A2A2G4|[M:7/8]F3F4|[M:5/8](E3E2)|[M:3/4]E6|[M:4/4]D8|[M:8/4]D16|(C16|C16)|]
answered 10 hours ago
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How is speed change notated?
Usually fairly imprecisely. The most precise way to notate it is with a metronome marking. If the change in speed is to be sudden, this is precise. However, if the speed is to change over a period of time, there is no way to be precise about it aside from using a word such as accelerando, rallentando, ritardando, or the like. These indications give no clue about the rate of change of the speed.
They are even ambiguous as to whether you reach the target speed smoothly, or just approach it or even bypass it and then adopt it suddenly. For example, consider the following:
X:1
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=80
cBAG|cBAG|[Q:"accelerando"]cBAG|cBAG|[Q:1/4=120]cBAG|cBAG|
The eight notes in measures 1 and 2 should each last for 0.75 seconds. The last eight should each last for 0.5 seconds. But there's nothing that precisely specifies the duration of any note in measures 3 and 4. One can conclude that each note should have a shorter duration than the one preceding it, but even that is a matter of interpretation. For example, the last note in measure 4 could be shorter than the first note in measure 5, or it could be maybe 0.7 seconds long, so the tempo would increase over measures 3 and 4 but still jump up at the beginning of measure 5.
Sometimes composers do "write out" a rallentando explicitly, with varying degrees of complexity. It's hardly unusual to see something like this:
X:2
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/4
CCGG|AAG2|F2F2|E2E2|D4|D4|C8|]
A modern classical composer might do something like this:
X:3
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=80
C2C2G2G2|A2A2G4|[M:7/8]F3F4|[M:5/8](E3E2)|[M:3/4]E6|[M:4/4]D8|[M:8/4]D16|(C16|C16)|]
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How is speed change notated?
Usually fairly imprecisely. The most precise way to notate it is with a metronome marking. If the change in speed is to be sudden, this is precise. However, if the speed is to change over a period of time, there is no way to be precise about it aside from using a word such as accelerando, rallentando, ritardando, or the like. These indications give no clue about the rate of change of the speed.
They are even ambiguous as to whether you reach the target speed smoothly, or just approach it or even bypass it and then adopt it suddenly. For example, consider the following:
X:1
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=80
cBAG|cBAG|[Q:"accelerando"]cBAG|cBAG|[Q:1/4=120]cBAG|cBAG|
The eight notes in measures 1 and 2 should each last for 0.75 seconds. The last eight should each last for 0.5 seconds. But there's nothing that precisely specifies the duration of any note in measures 3 and 4. One can conclude that each note should have a shorter duration than the one preceding it, but even that is a matter of interpretation. For example, the last note in measure 4 could be shorter than the first note in measure 5, or it could be maybe 0.7 seconds long, so the tempo would increase over measures 3 and 4 but still jump up at the beginning of measure 5.
Sometimes composers do "write out" a rallentando explicitly, with varying degrees of complexity. It's hardly unusual to see something like this:
X:2
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/4
CCGG|AAG2|F2F2|E2E2|D4|D4|C8|]
A modern classical composer might do something like this:
X:3
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=80
C2C2G2G2|A2A2G4|[M:7/8]F3F4|[M:5/8](E3E2)|[M:3/4]E6|[M:4/4]D8|[M:8/4]D16|(C16|C16)|]
answered 10 hours ago
phoog
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How is speed change notated?
Usually fairly imprecisely. The most precise way to notate it is with a metronome marking. If the change in speed is to be sudden, this is precise. However, if the speed is to change over a period of time, there is no way to be precise about it aside from using a word such as accelerando, rallentando, ritardando, or the like. These indications give no clue about the rate of change of the speed.
They are even ambiguous as to whether you reach the target speed smoothly, or just approach it or even bypass it and then adopt it suddenly. For example, consider the following:
X:1
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=80
cBAG|cBAG|[Q:"accelerando"]cBAG|cBAG|[Q:1/4=120]cBAG|cBAG|
The eight notes in measures 1 and 2 should each last for 0.75 seconds. The last eight should each last for 0.5 seconds. But there's nothing that precisely specifies the duration of any note in measures 3 and 4. One can conclude that each note should have a shorter duration than the one preceding it, but even that is a matter of interpretation. For example, the last note in measure 4 could be shorter than the first note in measure 5, or it could be maybe 0.7 seconds long, so the tempo would increase over measures 3 and 4 but still jump up at the beginning of measure 5.
Sometimes composers do "write out" a rallentando explicitly, with varying degrees of complexity. It's hardly unusual to see something like this:
X:2
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/4
CCGG|AAG2|F2F2|E2E2|D4|D4|C8|]
A modern classical composer might do something like this:
X:3
K:C
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=80
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Do you have to write the tempo above each measure that has a different speed?
Yes
What if one measure has multiple different speeds?
Divide the measure into two, each with different time signature and tempo. Example) if 4/4 measure has the first quarter note with tempo 112 and the remaining 3 quarter notes with tempo 70, then have the following two measures.
- first measure with time signature 1/4 and tempo 112,
- second measure with time signature 3/4 and tempo 70,
where I can learn about writing standard notation
try here and here
answered 19 hours ago
Bruce
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I honestly think it would be extremely difficult for most players to play what you suggest in 1 and 2. The main purpose of having bars that are of equal duration - like most music - is that it's practical to play. Establish a pulse, count, off you go. I'd challenge a lot of players to play something, cold, and be at 112bpm., let alone do that then change tempo to 70bpm! Whilst a lot of music is written with beats in the bar changes, there's usually a pulse running through different bars.
– Tim
13 hours ago
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Do you have to write the tempo above each measure that has a different speed?
Yes
What if one measure has multiple different speeds?
Divide the measure into two, each with different time signature and tempo. Example) if 4/4 measure has the first quarter note with tempo 112 and the remaining 3 quarter notes with tempo 70, then have the following two measures.
- first measure with time signature 1/4 and tempo 112,
- second measure with time signature 3/4 and tempo 70,
where I can learn about writing standard notation
try here and here
answered 19 hours ago
Bruce
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I honestly think it would be extremely difficult for most players to play what you suggest in 1 and 2. The main purpose of having bars that are of equal duration - like most music - is that it's practical to play. Establish a pulse, count, off you go. I'd challenge a lot of players to play something, cold, and be at 112bpm., let alone do that then change tempo to 70bpm! Whilst a lot of music is written with beats in the bar changes, there's usually a pulse running through different bars.
– Tim
13 hours ago
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up vote
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up vote
0
down vote
Do you have to write the tempo above each measure that has a different speed?
Yes
What if one measure has multiple different speeds?
Divide the measure into two, each with different time signature and tempo. Example) if 4/4 measure has the first quarter note with tempo 112 and the remaining 3 quarter notes with tempo 70, then have the following two measures.
- first measure with time signature 1/4 and tempo 112,
- second measure with time signature 3/4 and tempo 70,
where I can learn about writing standard notation
try here and here
answered 19 hours ago
Bruce
2596
Do you have to write the tempo above each measure that has a different speed?
Yes
What if one measure has multiple different speeds?
Divide the measure into two, each with different time signature and tempo. Example) if 4/4 measure has the first quarter note with tempo 112 and the remaining 3 quarter notes with tempo 70, then have the following two measures.
- first measure with time signature 1/4 and tempo 112,
- second measure with time signature 3/4 and tempo 70,
where I can learn about writing standard notation
try here and here
answered 19 hours ago
Bruce
2596
answered 19 hours ago
Bruce
2596
answered 19 hours ago
Bruce
2596
answered 19 hours ago
Bruce
2596
2596
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I honestly think it would be extremely difficult for most players to play what you suggest in 1 and 2. The main purpose of having bars that are of equal duration - like most music - is that it's practical to play. Establish a pulse, count, off you go. I'd challenge a lot of players to play something, cold, and be at 112bpm., let alone do that then change tempo to 70bpm! Whilst a lot of music is written with beats in the bar changes, there's usually a pulse running through different bars.
– Tim
13 hours ago
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I honestly think it would be extremely difficult for most players to play what you suggest in 1 and 2. The main purpose of having bars that are of equal duration - like most music - is that it's practical to play. Establish a pulse, count, off you go. I'd challenge a lot of players to play something, cold, and be at 112bpm., let alone do that then change tempo to 70bpm! Whilst a lot of music is written with beats in the bar changes, there's usually a pulse running through different bars.
– Tim
13 hours ago
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1
I honestly think it would be extremely difficult for most players to play what you suggest in 1 and 2. The main purpose of having bars that are of equal duration - like most music - is that it's practical to play. Establish a pulse, count, off you go. I'd challenge a lot of players to play something, cold, and be at 112bpm., let alone do that then change tempo to 70bpm! Whilst a lot of music is written with beats in the bar changes, there's usually a pulse running through different bars.
– Tim
13 hours ago
I honestly think it would be extremely difficult for most players to play what you suggest in 1 and 2. The main purpose of having bars that are of equal duration - like most music - is that it's practical to play. Establish a pulse, count, off you go. I'd challenge a lot of players to play something, cold, and be at 112bpm., let alone do that then change tempo to 70bpm! Whilst a lot of music is written with beats in the bar changes, there's usually a pulse running through different bars.
– Tim
13 hours ago
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It's a fairly impractical situation - music generally speaking, doesn't do what you suggest.
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