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It's a fermata on the second beat of that measure. Holding a note doesn't mean you're changing the time signature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermata https:
by BHSPitMonkey 11y ago
It's a fermata on the second beat of that measure. Holding a note doesn't mean you're changing the time signature.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermata
- pdkl95 11y agoVi Hart makes a good case (in my opinion) that there is a change in time signature. It's clearly an extra beat, not a "hold of indeterminate length".
- nocman 11y agoExcept people do hold it for different lengths of time. Yes, there may be many people who hold it for about the same length of time, but an extra beat's worth of time is by no means universal. It's a fermata.
- pdkl95 11y agoIt may have a fermata in addition to the extra beat. The quarter-note (3/4) timing seems very rushed compared to how the song is currently sung in modern culture.
- aczerepinski 11y agoIt's definitely a fermata. Arguing otherwise is like saying the national anthem changes to 15/4 when singers hold "land of the freeeeeeeeeeeeee."
- spacemanmatt 11y agoIt's definitely a fermata. The fermata overrides the time signature temporarily. There is no need for a time change.