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gepunt ritme

English translation: dotted rhythm/s

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Dutch term or phrase:gepunt ritme
English translation:dotted rhythm/s
Entered by: MoiraB

10:27 Aug 29, 2006
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Music
Dutch term or phrase: gepunt ritme
Text describing various African musical instruments.

De ansereba-trommel speelt een antimetrische figuur van kwartolen, afwisselend met een *gepunt ritme*. Dit opspring-ritme zorgt voor een innerlijke drijfveer in de begeleiding.

Is this ‘dotted rhythm’?
MoiraB
France
Local time: 00:08
dotted rhythm/s
Explanation:
This is the right term. :-)

P.S.
Not all dotted rhythmic patterns are syncopated and vice versa. And 'pointed' rhythms are never used in music theory to refer to the same concept.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-08-29 13:15:58 GMT)
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finally found a good ref :-)
gepunt - dotted
Muziektermen Engels-Nederlands
Nederlands-Engels
Kees van Hage
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wrvh/kvhage/muziektermen/

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Note added at 23 hrs (2006-08-30 10:07:18 GMT)
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Saitch, dotted rhythms don't just 'refer to written music'. I'm sure Writeaway, as well as other musicians, can recognize a dotted-8th-note-and-16th-note combination when they hear it. Besides, if you think dotted figures are only used in music notation, what about 'kwartolen'? Not only is 'dotted' the accurate translation, it also fits the context perfectly.
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FionaDV (X)
Germany
Grading comment
I'm convinced! Thanks, Fiona.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2syncopated rhythm
Pat Jenner (X)
5 +1dotted rhythm/s
FionaDV (X)
3pointed rhythm
Ruchira Raychaudhuri


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pointed rhythm


Explanation:
IMHO...you'll see several references to this term if you google.. though these are mostly with reference to jazz or piano.

Ruchira Raychaudhuri
Belgium
Local time: 00:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack den Haan
1 hr
  -> thanks :)
disagree  Stefan de Boeck (X): this dot is written above the note; it means "play -if you wish- pointedly, i.e. short". it produces a staccato rhythm if any.
1 hr
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
syncopated rhythm


Explanation:
From your description, this would seem to be right (syncopation is putting the emphasis on a beat that is not normally emphasised)

Pat Jenner (X)
Local time: 23:08

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dave Calderhead
1 hr
agree  Stefan de Boeck (X): is what is meant: dotted (& tied) notes refer to written music; syncopation is what is actually heard.
1 hr
neutral  FionaDV (X): saitch, if this is really what is meant, then why didn't the author just use gesyncopeerd ritme or syncopen?/see note added to my answer
1 hr
neutral  writeaway: agree with Fiona.
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dotted rhythm/s


Explanation:
This is the right term. :-)

P.S.
Not all dotted rhythmic patterns are syncopated and vice versa. And 'pointed' rhythms are never used in music theory to refer to the same concept.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-08-29 13:15:58 GMT)
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finally found a good ref :-)
gepunt - dotted
Muziektermen Engels-Nederlands
Nederlands-Engels
Kees van Hage
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wrvh/kvhage/muziektermen/

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Note added at 23 hrs (2006-08-30 10:07:18 GMT)
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Saitch, dotted rhythms don't just 'refer to written music'. I'm sure Writeaway, as well as other musicians, can recognize a dotted-8th-note-and-16th-note combination when they hear it. Besides, if you think dotted figures are only used in music notation, what about 'kwartolen'? Not only is 'dotted' the accurate translation, it also fits the context perfectly.

FionaDV (X)
Germany
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
I'm convinced! Thanks, Fiona.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Stefan de Boeck (X): you are right re the non-syncopation; I believe though that syncopation is what is meant rather than very long prolonged halve notes (that do not syncopate nor produce a rhythm)
24 mins
  -> Dotted rhythms are not the same as long prolonged half notes. These can also consist of a succession of dotted 16th, 32nd, 64th notes etc.
agree  writeaway: also based on what I learned at what used to be called the Amsterdams Muziekconservatorium/violin there and then voice
2 hrs
  -> thanks, Writeaway. btw what instrument/s do you play?
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