3/4 time
3 quarter notes per bar, stressed on 1. The waltz, the minuet, many songs. With notation, sound and a metronome already set to 3/4 time.
- Counts
- 3 quarter notes
- Beats (as felt)
- 3 per bar
- Stressed
- 1
- Groups
- 3
Two bars, counted
The upper number says how many counts the bar has (3), the lower which note is one count (quarter notes).
How to count
Count 1 2 3, the one heavy, two and three light.
Start the metronome in 3/4 time
At 120 beats per minute, stressed as above — tempo and stress can be changed there.
Where it occurs
The waltz, the minuet, many songs. Three quarters, stressed on the one — when it gets fast, you feel just one beat per bar and the bar itself as the pulse.
Pieces on this site in this time
Related time signatures
In the glossary · Note values and rests · All time signatures
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