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April 12, 2021 By Aron Bernstein 2 Comments

Weekly Music Theory Challenge: 4/12/21

Show off your music theory chops with my weekly challenge! You’ll find a new question posted here every Monday, and you can comment to post your reply.

This week’s challenge:

What is the correct time signature for a measure with five beats and the dotted eighth note as the beat?

CHECK BACK on Friday, 4/16 for the answer!

ANSWER for 4/12/21

The correct time signature is 15/16. This is compound quintuple meter: five beats in the measure, and the dotted eighth note is the beat. The problem with compound meter, of course, is that the bottom number shows the division of the beat (the 16th notes, in this case), rather than the beat itself.

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Filed Under: music theory challenge Tagged With: beat, meter, music, musictheory, rhythm, theory, timesignature

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