{"id":139,"date":"2019-01-29T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-06-05T16:23:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T23:23:40","slug":"cut-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/cut-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Cut Time (Alla Breve)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This beginner lesson will explain how to play piano<\/a> in cut time, a common time signature you’ll definitely run into during your musical travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is cut time?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cut time (also known as alla breve<\/em>) is a time signature that essentially means two half notes per measure<\/strong> (or the equivalent of that in notes or rests). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the time signature of cut time. The top number represents the number of beats per measure and the bottom number represents the type of note worth one beat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Another way to represent cut time is with a “C” with a line through it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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