Time signatures and beat calculations
Right, I have some gaps in my musical knowledge and I am hoping someone can fill them for me...
With time signatures I know that 4/4 means there are 4 instances of a 1/4 note per measure.
So 5/8 would mean that there are 5 instances of an 1/8 note per measure.
My question is this - does that mean that with a 5/8 time signature there are 5 beats per measure?
So with a tempo of 100bpm and a time signature of 5/8, is the following maths correct:
300ms per 1/8 note (ie beat)
and 1.5s per measure
I think I have but would appreciate someone confirming this or if not then explaining it in simpleton terms.
Thanks,
Drammy
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