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Hi everyone, I am watching your tutorial videos on Youtube. You are Great!!! I just wanted to ask one thing to see if I understood Simple and Compound Meters of musical time.

Is 7/8 simple or compound meter?

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Reply 2 by pianoexpert

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It is a simple time that is conducted like a slow 6/8 (when conducting in 6 - the first three in the center and then the others like 4, i.e., 4 - 5 - 6)

In this case, one can conduct 4 + 3

What does not make it a compound time is the fact that there is no "compound" figure representing the beat unit.

the compound time of an euro and 50 does not exist because there is no monetary value of €1.50. That is why it is called compound... because it is composed of a one-euro coin plus a 50 cent coin. Thus, the compound beat unit is, for example, a quarter note plus a dot, and it divides into three subdivisions.

How could a 7 be composed? It is evident that for practicality, if fast, the beats group in 3s as 3+3+1, but if slow, 7 are conducted

In conducting, one must see which situation one is facing. When Stravinsky's Rite of Spring appeared, conductors found themselves in serious difficulty due to the continuous changes between even and odd time signatures that dilated and surprised the phrases, and I won't hide from you that one of my Masters, who was also a pupil of Celibidache, told me that everyone, in the end, found a personal simplifying solution for the gesture, as long as it was effective for the orchestral players. I am not a composer, however. I ask for confirmation and comfort from our friend Frank, who can give us his enlightened idea on the matter.

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