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time signatures
Ok i'm 13/f and I've got a solo for our summer music institute "L'ho perduta, me meschina" of Barbarina from Act IV of "Le Nozze de Figaro" (aka. "The Marriage of Figaro")
The time signature is:
6
8
I know I should know, but my brain isn't functioning today. could somebody here remind me what the numbers stand for? Also it would be really nice if anyone here who has sung this solo to give me a few pointers on the piece???
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six beats per measure and the eight means that the eighth note gets 1 beat.
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six beats per measure, the eighth note gets the beat.
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8th notes are one beat, and there are 6 beats per measure.
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Well the top partwhich is the 6 stands for the measure and 8 stands for how many beats is in a measure^_^ I had 2 take this a class on it in school. big FUN! *cough* NOT *cough* haha but I have never song that piece but I was also in Choir the best advice on that i can give you is to stand up straight drink lots of water nothing else. NO SODA!! It makes your voice all out of place and it wouldn't sound like it would usually. And gets lots of rest and perfect. And Im pretty sure that the song has to be song In a high pitch voice. so when you practice try not to use your full high voice because if you do it alot then you will lose your voice...
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to bild on what Siren stated, while the song you're performing is in 6/8, the overall feel of the beat is a 2-feel. So, yeah, 6 beats to the measure, 8th note gets a beat... but the feel is 2 sets of triplets (ONE-2-3, TWO-2-3...)
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The 6 means there are six beats to a bar. The 8 means the eighth note gets the beat.
Like, if you're counting in 2/4, there are two beats to a measure and the quarter note gets the beat.
What I mean by "gets the beat" is that you think of eighth notes as quarter notes, and quarter notes as half notes - everything gets doubled.
I haven't sung this solo, but if you want pointers on it, I do teach voice - IM me or e-mail me. I'll look up the piece for you and see if I spot anything that might give you trouble. All I can think of at the moment is "use a lot of air to keep your phrases smooth." Mozart is all about smooth and flowing phrases, even when there's stacatto. But if you have any music questions, don't hesitate to talk to me. I'm a voice major in college in the fall. ^_^
I hope this helps!
-Siren =)
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