Ok so is it me, or are the terms half time and double time perhaps one of the most misrepresented terms in music?
I've read the original post by Paul K above in texts, in music classes and occasionally elsewhere...BUT on the street, I hear a lot of musicians call out "double time" on the fly in performance and we start playing twice as fast (which technically would be half time, or am I wrong?)
The video below is an example of the "street" version I'm familiar with. So what are the correct terms and does it even matter if a large number of musicians are gonna call out "double time" in order to get us to play twice as fast? 😁
