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Okay, strange question: What are the typical applications of a 3/4 beat?

Date: 2006-07-01 01:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talek.livejournal.com
Waltz is certainly the most common. Also, various forms of english country dance are to 3/4 beat. Most polkas are actually 6/8 beat... which is indistinguishable from 3/4 except for how you note the tempo.

The 3/4 beat lends itself either to step-step-pause or to step-step-st-step (with a syncopated double-step on the last beat). The latter blends easily into the syncopated tango step, which is normally a 4/4 beat.

Darn it, now I want to go dancing.

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