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The time signature often suggests a certain <u>meter</u>, which is a repeating pattern of <u>accents</u>. Consider a common drum pattern in 4/4 - boom ssss taah ssss boom ssss taah ssss. The musical idea repeats every 4 beats, with accents on both the 1st and 3rd beats but the 3rd being a bit stronger (> x ^ x). ''(x is a normal hit, > is an accent, and ^ is a strong accent.)'' Here's a similar pattern in 3/4 - boom ssss taah boom ssss taah (> x ^). The musical idea repeats every 3 beats. We could play the first pattern in 3/4 or the 2nd in 4/4, but the pattern won't fit neatly inside each measure, appearing more complex than it actually is.
pattern 1
4/4 |> x ^ x|> x ^ x|> x ^ x| - same every measure
3/4 |> x ^|x > x|^ x >|x ^ x| - different every measure
pattern 2
3/4 |> x ^|> x ^|> x ^|> x ^| - same every measure
4/4 |> x ^ >|x ^ > x|^ > x ^| - different every measure
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