are in a piano song?

any examples you can think of? this is a question regarding my current research, but i can't really seem to find any number estimates anywhere on the web.

i know it varies based on the style/artist/etc blah. but i haven't even found a single piece that says "this piece contains XXXX# of notes"

boo

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also, same goes for other instruments. how many times you strike a drum in a drum piece, strum a string on guitar/bass etc.

i just want NUMBERS people

Gaetele

Esper760 Posts

October 13 2008 21:31 GMT

uh why

this seems like a weird question to ask

and it'd be a pain to calculate

are chords one note or multiple notes

micronesia

United States24784 Posts

October 13 2008 21:32 GMT

It varies like... several orders of magnitude... depending on the type of song. It would kinda suck, but can't you count some sheet music or use noteworthy composer or some song software to try to use another method for counting?

It might be good to see how many beats there are per measure, then multiply by measures/page and pages

yubee

United States3826 Posts

October 13 2008 21:33 GMT

edit: oh this is a weird question yeah, you'll probably have to count by hand. if you pick a single piece like mary had a little lamb that one's not hard, but the only way you'd be able to calculate is if, say a drum beat remains constant, and there are 2 kicks, 3 snares, and 8 hi hats in every measure, you can take that and calculate by how many measures there are

man

United States272 Posts

October 13 2008 21:37 GMT

Sheet music doesn't say how many notes are in the piece because it isn't relevant info for the musician. You're going to have to count.

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

October 13 2008 21:59 GMT

abcdefg ... assuming there are no sharps and flats... and if there was a sharp or flat the natural note wouldn't be played...
and assuming you don't count notes of other higher/lower octaves... every song has 7 notes
theoretically speaking
im only answering because your mom is awesome
you're mean though

i just want NUMBERS people

i mean come on, that's horrible form from a 5k> poster =/

overpool

United States191 Posts

October 13 2008 22:00 GMT

It might be possible to count the number of notes if you can find a .midi file. I'll edit this post if I can find out a good way.

EDIT: ok, I got something working using this ruby gem to read midi files (look at examples/seq2text.rb in the source), but I'm too lazy to do more. Have fun/PM me if you want more help.

azndsh

United States4447 Posts

October 13 2008 22:03 GMT

It's not too hard to estimate, but again it depends on how you count chords and trills, etc.

A typical 8-minute classical piece has maybe 5-10 notes per second, so around 2000-5000 would be a very ballpark estimate.

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

October 13 2008 22:06 GMT

Your question also begs the question
Why?
Would help us a lot in clarifying your exigency behind it all =/

Kwidowmaker

Canada978 Posts

October 13 2008 22:11 GMT

#10

There are a few things you'll have to decide if you want an exact count. First, are chords one note or more? Also, do slurred notes count as one, or each of the notes played? Similarly, if it's a guitar piece, are bends one or more notes?

Luddite

United States2315 Posts

October 13 2008 22:54 GMT

#11

Well there's the "one note samba"...

memmypoker

119 Posts

October 13 2008 23:02 GMT

#12

bossa nova :D no thre is 135 notes

micronesia

United States24784 Posts

October 13 2008 23:16 GMT

#13

On October 14 2008 07:06 HeavOnEarth wrote:
Your question also begs the question
Why?
Would help us a lot in clarifying your exigency behind it all =/

I finally take that out of my sig after over a year, and NOW someone mentions it rofl.

esla_sol

United States756 Posts

October 13 2008 23:22 GMT

#14

ok it had to be done

over 9000

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

October 13 2008 23:27 GMT

#15

On October 14 2008 08:22 esla_sol wrote:
ok it had to be done

over 9000

i am going to be quite dissapointed if people get away with this and when i did it it was like a half-meme and i got a 1 week ban -_-
oh wells. to OP: tbh i dont know srry.

Deleted User 31060

3788 Posts

October 13 2008 23:50 GMT

#16

there's this saxophone piece "caprice" by eugene bozza and i counted it has about 700 notes, and the duration is under a minute

but that's a really extreme case

skyglow1

New Zealand3962 Posts

October 14 2008 00:45 GMT

#17

I'm pretty sure that Moonlight Sonata movement 3 has about 9500 notes in it.

BlackStar

Netherlands3029 Posts

October 14 2008 00:51 GMT

#18

Damn, I wish I knew how many notes there are in Opus Clavicembalisticum.

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

October 14 2008 01:47 GMT

#19

On October 14 2008 08:27 Grobyc wrote:

Show nested quote +

i am going to be quite dissapointed if people get away with this and when i did it it was like a half-meme and i got a 1 week ban -_-
oh wells. to OP: tbh i dont know srry.

you probably just owned the poor guy