Measuring Your Speed...

[Nyarlathotep]

Notes/Min

or

[note value] at [bpm]

"400 notes/min" sounds a lot more standard to me than "16th notes at 100 bpm"

[Thunder Pulse]

Originally Posted by DanielTulip

"400 notes/min" sounds a lot more standard to me than "16th notes at 100 bpm"

I disagree completely.

If someone says "blah-blah notes/min" it sounds like they're trying to brag. You wouldn't use that kind of nomenclature to describe a song or a section of a song to another person either, it just sounds silly.

As far as actually measuring speed, I doubt many do that, or are concerned with it as far as having an actual number to quote.

[ba55i5t]

Uh. Hasn't it always been in bpm? I prefer bpm too because it's an easy way to subdivide the beats...you can quickly multiply them and divide them.

[El-Bob]

Originally Posted by ba55i5t

Uh. Hasn't it always been in bpm? I prefer bpm too because it's an easy way to subdivide the beats...you can quickly multiply them and divide them.

+1.

[Sahm]

Are we talking about how it's written, or how it's expressed in conversation? If I saw 120/min, I would say" 120 beats per minute", not 120 over a minute, or the letters B-P-M. In most cases, I would just say 120, and musicians would get it "let's try it at 120..etc". As far as the written convention, 120 bpm seems more natural than a slash.

[EagleMoon]

I thought speed was only for typing....

[seanm]

One drummer likes to get the timings down on the songs he has to set the time to. He keeps a metronome attached to one of the stands.

So we always use BPM, but would never say that. How fast is this song? About 80. How about this one? 120.

[Erick Lam]

"Notes per minutes" is only used by non-musicians. Some happen to own musical instruments.

[Nyarlathotep]

Interesting responces

Honestly, I usually just set up a drum beat in Hammerhead and lock in with the kick. Or set my metronome to X and lock in with that. I need a metronome that can go faster tho lol

[seanm]

Originally Posted by DanielTulip

Interesting responces

Honestly, I usually just set up a drum beat in Hammerhead and lock in with the kick. Or set my metronome to X and lock in with that. I need a metronome that can go faster tho lol

Just cut the time and half and play double time. And if you need faster than that.......

[vision]

Originally Posted by Erick Lam

"Notes per minutes" is only used by non-musicians. Some happen to own musical instruments.

+1...lol!!!