TIME SIGNATURE / 15/16
15/16 TIME SIGNATURE.
Extended Sixteenths
GROUPING 4 + 4 + 3 + 4
A long mixed meter whose fifteen sixteenth notes fall into four uneven groups.
ANSWER FIRST / 15/16
How 15/16 works.
15/16 time signature means 15 sixteenth-note beats in each measure. A long mixed meter whose fifteen sixteenth notes fall into four uneven groups.
The top number counts the beats in a measure, while the bottom number makes the sixteenth-note the unit beat. Follow the accent grouping 4 + 4 + 3 + 4 to hear where each pulse begins.
GROOVE DEMO / 15/16
Listen for the shape.
Count 15/16 as 4 + 4 + 3 + 4. The shorter middle group creates the small break that keeps the long bar moving.
ACCENTS 4 + 4 + 3 + 4 · BPM 74
LIVE RHYTHM HUDREADY
CURRENT METER
15/16BPM 074
ACCENTS 4 + 4 + 3 + 4
Press play to hear the shape.