Less Common Time Signatures for Symphony Orchestras

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In this clip we will be talking about the time signatures that are less common. They will include 5/4, 9/8, and 12/8. So the first 5/4 is a time signature that can be divided up into either 2 3 or 3 2, and it refers to whether it's 2 3 or 3 2 depends on the piece and the music and the feeling of the music will define whether or not it's a 2 3 or a 3 2, and this can come up with a couple of different time signatures, and it will say a little 3 2 above the time signature. So, the 5/4 and a 2 3 pattern would be down, left, right, right, up, down, left, right, right, up. And then, a 3 2 would be down, left, left, right, up, left, left, right, up. So, that's usually how you'll do it, and it will say it in the score above the time signature if it's a 2 3 or 3 2. The next is 9/8, and that is one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine; one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine; and it's pretty straightforward. 12/8 is kind of like 9/8 it's just three extra beats, so it's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve; one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. So you'll go down, right, right, left, left, left, right, right, right, right, up, up, up. And, in books and stuff if you look up conducting in books, the patterns will be described exactly like that, so it exactly creates arches, and then to the right, and then up. And it makes a little more sense when you see it in a book.

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