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I've gotten myself all mixed up...I think regarding how many notes go into a beat count

 

For example if I'm playing 100 bpm at 8ths is that 800 notes in a minute????

 

The reason I'm confused it that 8th at 100bpm seems not too fast from the lessons I've had but 800 notes in a minute sounds like a ton.

 

Especially when I hear that the really fast players can do 32 notes in a second or 1920 note in a minute...a little more than twice as many was what I think isnt too fast (100 at 8ths)

 

I got the feeling I've got something backasswards someplace :facepalm:

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So I was all screwed up

So then to play about 1000 notes in a minute I'd need to be playing something like 250 bpms 16ths...


or am I still messing it up...damn I'm too old to do math any more
:lol:



No, you're right. 250 bpms would be 250 quarter notes per minute. A 16th note is 1/4th of a quarter note, so yeah, you'd have to play all 16th notes at 250 bpm, to play 1000 notes in a minute. Can you "blur of notes?" Sure you can! I knew you could!

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