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john of MT
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john of MT
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04/20/2019 12:37 am
Originally Posted by: dlwalke

... A quarter, in normal language is by definition one-fourth of something. In 3/4 time, the quarter notes are not a quarter of anything...

Quarter notes are one-fourth of a whole note. See if this helps, https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=24859&s_id=2052

The tutorial about timing starts here, https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2052

Have fun.


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