Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
samengestelde binaire maat
English translation:
compound duple time
Added to glossary by
Jack den Haan
Jan 19, 2006 06:48
18 yrs ago
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samengestelde binaire maat
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Still on the subject of African music, I'd like some advice on the proper musical phrasing of one sentence in particular. The text concerns the "nwomkoro", once a purely vocal genre, now accompanied by various instruments (drums, rattles, bells). Phrases I'm stumbling over are "de groove is ternair samengesteld" (posted separately) and "samengestelde binaire maat".
De voorzanger begint met het reciteren van de liedtekst, gevolgd door de dubbele en de enkele bel die een ostinaat cross rhythm spelen. Daarna vallen de verschillende trommels in en wordt er een vaste cadans gespeeld. De groove, gespeeld door de atoke [= single bell] en de dawuro [= double bell], is ternair samengesteld maar naargelang het verloop van het nummer verandert het in een samengestelde binaire maat.
Best effort so far, based on research rather than musical knowledge (!):
"The groove (? main beat?), played by the atoke and the dawuro, is in compound triple time, but as the number progresses it changes to compound duple time."
De voorzanger begint met het reciteren van de liedtekst, gevolgd door de dubbele en de enkele bel die een ostinaat cross rhythm spelen. Daarna vallen de verschillende trommels in en wordt er een vaste cadans gespeeld. De groove, gespeeld door de atoke [= single bell] en de dawuro [= double bell], is ternair samengesteld maar naargelang het verloop van het nummer verandert het in een samengestelde binaire maat.
Best effort so far, based on research rather than musical knowledge (!):
"The groove (? main beat?), played by the atoke and the dawuro, is in compound triple time, but as the number progresses it changes to compound duple time."
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | compound duple time |
Jack den Haan
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| 2 +1 | binary compound time |
Adam Smith
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compound duple time
Please see previous answer.
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binary compound time
Just a suggestion:
"The second stage of the rhythmic synthesis consists on the formation of groups. The groups are formed with base in compound times. The compound times are groups of two or three simple times, starting from the marked sounds with a vertical episemata; they receive the name of binary or ternary, respectively. They are equal to tempo of 2/8 and 3/8 in modern notation (1)
binary compound time
ternary compound time
Each one of these compound times, in their entirety, can be arsis or thesis of a rhythm. "
http://interletras.com/canticum/Eng/Rhythm_for_Groups.htm
See also, http://www.iselinge.nl/scholenplein/pabolessen/muziek2002200...
for a review of Dutch musical terms.
"The second stage of the rhythmic synthesis consists on the formation of groups. The groups are formed with base in compound times. The compound times are groups of two or three simple times, starting from the marked sounds with a vertical episemata; they receive the name of binary or ternary, respectively. They are equal to tempo of 2/8 and 3/8 in modern notation (1)
binary compound time
ternary compound time
Each one of these compound times, in their entirety, can be arsis or thesis of a rhythm. "
http://interletras.com/canticum/Eng/Rhythm_for_Groups.htm
See also, http://www.iselinge.nl/scholenplein/pabolessen/muziek2002200...
for a review of Dutch musical terms.
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Jack den Haan
: Also correct, but duple (and triple) time are the more generally used musical terms as far as I know. Concise Oxford: duple time = rhythm consisting of two beats to the bar.
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Thanks Jack - you're right, of course!
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