This is a giant exploration of rhythmic concepts for songwriters, and the confusion surrounding the 9/8 time signature as well as all other compound meters. There is a good solid rant in here that gets to the heart of a topic I’d like to explore more, which is the outdated and relic teaching methods still used by modern music educators in professional academic settings.
A few things to mention- when converting 9/8 to 3/4 with triplets, it’s important to remember that the tempo markings must indicate the correct beat. If I’m doing 3/4 with triplets, my quarter note pulse is the one I’d be using for my metronome, while in compound triple meter, I’d write my tempo marker as a dotted quarter note. Also, the graphics during one part of the animation show the wrong beaming of 8th notes. Minor detail but still, it should represent the underlying pulse (as I specifically state!). Here’s the songs I mentioned:
Francisco Tarrega Etude in Em NOT CARCASSI! tab):https://www.classtab.org/tarrega_etud…
Twista – Get Me https://youtu.be/gCV01atcDz8?t=99
Dream Theater- Voices https://youtu.be/JDGSvbpB9Kg
