What is a clear way to write a bar that has an extra beat?












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If I have a simple 4/4 piece and at some point, for some reason, I delay the rhythm by 1 beat. How do I notate that particular irregularity on the staff?



I think having a bar with 5/4 without writing any extra notation would be really hard to read.



An example can be found in "Love Of My Life" by Queen. In this video it happens at 0:54.
If you count the whole verse 1, the piano part at 0:54 will sound off-beat and the verse 2 will start on beat 2 instead of 1.










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    If I have a simple 4/4 piece and at some point, for some reason, I delay the rhythm by 1 beat. How do I notate that particular irregularity on the staff?



    I think having a bar with 5/4 without writing any extra notation would be really hard to read.



    An example can be found in "Love Of My Life" by Queen. In this video it happens at 0:54.
    If you count the whole verse 1, the piano part at 0:54 will sound off-beat and the verse 2 will start on beat 2 instead of 1.










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      If I have a simple 4/4 piece and at some point, for some reason, I delay the rhythm by 1 beat. How do I notate that particular irregularity on the staff?



      I think having a bar with 5/4 without writing any extra notation would be really hard to read.



      An example can be found in "Love Of My Life" by Queen. In this video it happens at 0:54.
      If you count the whole verse 1, the piano part at 0:54 will sound off-beat and the verse 2 will start on beat 2 instead of 1.










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      If I have a simple 4/4 piece and at some point, for some reason, I delay the rhythm by 1 beat. How do I notate that particular irregularity on the staff?



      I think having a bar with 5/4 without writing any extra notation would be really hard to read.



      An example can be found in "Love Of My Life" by Queen. In this video it happens at 0:54.
      If you count the whole verse 1, the piano part at 0:54 will sound off-beat and the verse 2 will start on beat 2 instead of 1.







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          If the music changes time signature, just write the new time signature:



          enter image description here



          You could also write a fermata over the beat in question and put a half-note above it to clarify the desired length, but this only makes sense if the extra beat can be understood as a pause.






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          • In the Quenn example, the instrumental filling at 0:54 sounds like a 4/4 started on beat 2 of the voice, and the voice than starts on beat 1 of the instrumental, so you have one extra beat somewhere.. where?

            – Xandru
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          • MuseScore notation for the Queen song is found by Google. There's a bar in 3/4 at the point you mention. I tried to answer the question generally, as specific transcription questions tend to be closed.

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          You could also have a pickup measure at the start of your piece if that extra beat happens to be the first beat of your song. They look like: this



          Note also that if you do this, convention dictates that the last measure of the piece be shorter by the amount you added to the beginning.






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            If the music changes time signature, just write the new time signature:



            enter image description here



            You could also write a fermata over the beat in question and put a half-note above it to clarify the desired length, but this only makes sense if the extra beat can be understood as a pause.






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            • In the Quenn example, the instrumental filling at 0:54 sounds like a 4/4 started on beat 2 of the voice, and the voice than starts on beat 1 of the instrumental, so you have one extra beat somewhere.. where?

              – Xandru
              4 hours ago













            • MuseScore notation for the Queen song is found by Google. There's a bar in 3/4 at the point you mention. I tried to answer the question generally, as specific transcription questions tend to be closed.

              – replete
              4 hours ago


















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            If the music changes time signature, just write the new time signature:



            enter image description here



            You could also write a fermata over the beat in question and put a half-note above it to clarify the desired length, but this only makes sense if the extra beat can be understood as a pause.






            share|improve this answer
























            • In the Quenn example, the instrumental filling at 0:54 sounds like a 4/4 started on beat 2 of the voice, and the voice than starts on beat 1 of the instrumental, so you have one extra beat somewhere.. where?

              – Xandru
              4 hours ago













            • MuseScore notation for the Queen song is found by Google. There's a bar in 3/4 at the point you mention. I tried to answer the question generally, as specific transcription questions tend to be closed.

              – replete
              4 hours ago
















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            If the music changes time signature, just write the new time signature:



            enter image description here



            You could also write a fermata over the beat in question and put a half-note above it to clarify the desired length, but this only makes sense if the extra beat can be understood as a pause.






            share|improve this answer













            If the music changes time signature, just write the new time signature:



            enter image description here



            You could also write a fermata over the beat in question and put a half-note above it to clarify the desired length, but this only makes sense if the extra beat can be understood as a pause.







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            • In the Quenn example, the instrumental filling at 0:54 sounds like a 4/4 started on beat 2 of the voice, and the voice than starts on beat 1 of the instrumental, so you have one extra beat somewhere.. where?

              – Xandru
              4 hours ago













            • MuseScore notation for the Queen song is found by Google. There's a bar in 3/4 at the point you mention. I tried to answer the question generally, as specific transcription questions tend to be closed.

              – replete
              4 hours ago





















            • In the Quenn example, the instrumental filling at 0:54 sounds like a 4/4 started on beat 2 of the voice, and the voice than starts on beat 1 of the instrumental, so you have one extra beat somewhere.. where?

              – Xandru
              4 hours ago













            • MuseScore notation for the Queen song is found by Google. There's a bar in 3/4 at the point you mention. I tried to answer the question generally, as specific transcription questions tend to be closed.

              – replete
              4 hours ago



















            In the Quenn example, the instrumental filling at 0:54 sounds like a 4/4 started on beat 2 of the voice, and the voice than starts on beat 1 of the instrumental, so you have one extra beat somewhere.. where?

            – Xandru
            4 hours ago







            In the Quenn example, the instrumental filling at 0:54 sounds like a 4/4 started on beat 2 of the voice, and the voice than starts on beat 1 of the instrumental, so you have one extra beat somewhere.. where?

            – Xandru
            4 hours ago















            MuseScore notation for the Queen song is found by Google. There's a bar in 3/4 at the point you mention. I tried to answer the question generally, as specific transcription questions tend to be closed.

            – replete
            4 hours ago







            MuseScore notation for the Queen song is found by Google. There's a bar in 3/4 at the point you mention. I tried to answer the question generally, as specific transcription questions tend to be closed.

            – replete
            4 hours ago













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            You could also have a pickup measure at the start of your piece if that extra beat happens to be the first beat of your song. They look like: this



            Note also that if you do this, convention dictates that the last measure of the piece be shorter by the amount you added to the beginning.






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              You could also have a pickup measure at the start of your piece if that extra beat happens to be the first beat of your song. They look like: this



              Note also that if you do this, convention dictates that the last measure of the piece be shorter by the amount you added to the beginning.






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                You could also have a pickup measure at the start of your piece if that extra beat happens to be the first beat of your song. They look like: this



                Note also that if you do this, convention dictates that the last measure of the piece be shorter by the amount you added to the beginning.






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                You could also have a pickup measure at the start of your piece if that extra beat happens to be the first beat of your song. They look like: this



                Note also that if you do this, convention dictates that the last measure of the piece be shorter by the amount you added to the beginning.







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