C. Special Case: The Dotted-Eighth-Note Beat as Sextuplet Notation

Nick Schumacher; James Sullivan

C. Special Case: The Dotted-Eighth-Note Beat as Sextuplet Notation

Introductory Exercises

Small-value compound time signatures are sometimes used to notate sextuplets in standard simple meters. Thus, in Exercise 6C-1, 18/16 is used to notated sextuplets in 3/4 meter, and in Exercise 6C-2, 24/16 is used to notated sextuplets in 4/4 meter.

Exercise 6C-1: Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations, Variation 26

Excerpt from Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations, Variation 26 — Beginning. Public domain.

Exercise 6C-2: Johann Sebastian Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude Number 15 in G Major

Excerpt from Johann Sebastian Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude Number 15 in G Major — Beginning. Public domain.

Exercise for Application

Exercise 6C-3 offers a context to practice this sextuplet notation with more varied rhythmic patterning. As with Exercise 6C-1, 18/16 is used to notated sextuplets in 3/4. In this case, all parts are notated in 18/16 until the sixth measure, when the piano switches to 3/4 notation.

Exercise 6C-3: Claude Debussy, Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp, Movement 1, Pastorale

Excerpt from Claude Debussy, Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp, Movement 1, Pastorale — Rehearsal number 2. Public domain.

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