What is the difference between 3/4 and 3/8

There's a bigger picture missing from this answer and others which is why I put the bounty on this question. Dom I'll grant it is a subtle difference, but it is real.

Three eighth notes usually are in meters where the three eighths are beamed together as a single notational unit, i. Quarter notes cannot be beamed together. Beaming has meaning both as a sign and a symbol. There is the mathematical, lexical meaning symbol and the connotations that come with the binding together sign.

PhilFreihofner while beaming is important it doesn't change the typically accent pattern which is the same for both which is strong-weak-weak for any simple triple meter. Show 1 more comment. So what's the difference? Hope this helps! Zac S Zac S 99 1 1 silver badge 4 4 bronze badges. Dividing it into 3 make much more sense a compound triple meter.

Not saying it doesn't ever happen, it's just not the common use for the time signature. Jess Jess 31 1 1 bronze badge. Laurence Payne Laurence Payne Nachmen Nachmen 1, 13 13 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Guest Jul 28, Best Answer. Here's an easy way to compare two fractions without having to get a common denominator!! CPhill Jul 28, AzizHusain Jul 28, Maybe I'm just not hearing it correctly, but it's always sounded irregular to me.

Where is "1"? How would you count the song off if you had to perform it? Originally Posted by m Originally Posted by Lukecash What good are weird time signatures? Ask the Indian people that, because in their classical music they have an incredible sense of rhythm. Seriously, their time signatures make ours look awfully simple by comparison, what with the , and other similar beat cycles. Originally Posted by Sappho. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Last Jump to page:.

Similar Threads Can you tell the difference between lossless and MP3? By bigshot in forum Classical Music Discussion. Replies: Last Post: Feb, Can you hear the difference? As we always do in these tutorials, let's recap and remind ourselves that the number above the fraction line is called the numerator and the number below the fraction line is called the denominator. Let's start with the first method: converting the fractions to the same denominator.

Our denominators are 4 and 8. What we need to do is find the lowest common denominator of the two numbers. This is the smallest number that can be divided by both 4 and 8.