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  • 15-08-2006 04:32AM
    #1
    metrovelvet
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    I take dance and sometimes the teacher references certain musical terms when explaining the choreography. I get what hes saying on an intuitive level but I would like to know on a more direct level.

    So for example this week he has been talking about accents [the tune is Buttons -PCDs in case you need to know] and will refer to a long 5th [we are dancing to counts of 8].

    Thank you in advance.


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  • #2
    Pet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,579 ✭✭✭Pet


    Perhaps he's talking about a dotted 5th note? The dot increases the length of the note by half, so you'd get a kind of syncopation on the 5th..

    umm..something like this:

    taa taa taa taa taaaah-tuh taa taa

    Heh, it's hard to explain. Can you read music at all?


  • #3
    metrovelvet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,375 ✭✭✭metrovelvet


    No that makes sense. Its like its longer than the other ones. It just seems like its longer than a half.

    Thanks.


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