THE MARCH TEMPOThe last time signature I am going to explain briefly is the 2/4 beat..It is the tempo of many Marches ( Stars and Stripes Forever, (US ), Maple Leaf Forever ( Canada ), Les Marsailles ( France ), Katipunan March, Bayang Magiliw ( Philippines )
If soldiers hear a marching song, some believe that their courage is doubled, maybe quadrupled and they would run headlong towards the enemy..That is the reason why in certain battlefields ( during the American Revolution ) there were always musicians out there in the field..A bugler would sound the charge fanfare or the retreat one.
A friend of mine once asked me when I was explaining this time signature.."Why 2/4, why not 1/2? It is the same isn't it?"
Of course. But Music is not Math , it just follows some principles of Math.
2/4 signature means, there are always 2 notes in each measure of a 2/4 song.. So the conductor or the Bandleader just gestures his hand in 2 directions: up and down, up and down...
A 2/4 measure may contain any of the following:
1. a single half note
2. two quarter notes
3. a half rest
4. maybe 4 1/8 notes
5. 1 quarter rest and one quarter note..
some other music elements whose Mathematical value would add up to 1/2
Some marches are played fast, some are moderate..
Some marches may not follow the 2/4 signature..March from AIDA ( the Opera ) might be 4/4..But the rest of the Martial pieces ( esp. ones written by John Phillip Sousa ) are written in 2/4.
There are some of the popular marches for important happenings:
Graduation or commencement exercises : POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
Weddings: Bridal chorus for entrance,
Lohengrin March for the exit
Funerals : Funeral March by Chopin
There seems to be no part of a person's life which is not affected by music---#
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