

This construct is 12 measures or bars at 4 beats each. For example in American Blues music, the 12 bar blues is used very often. Many musical works use this to keep track of what notes are played when.

How much time depends on the 'time signature' and the 'tempo'.

Feel free to Google "Bars in music", "Measures in Music", "tempo" or any term I am using that you may not have heard of before. "Notice all those rows of buttons for each sound? Those are each called 'step' and you looking at a sequence of them each representing 1/16 of a measure or bar of music."ĭo you understand the concept of a "bar" also know as a "measure" in western music?Īssuming you may not understand this I will explain it. "FL Studio Tutorial - Pattern Window and Step Sequencer Basics" I found the following: I am not familiar with this software but have had sufficient experience with both sequencer and piano roll formats to understand your question.
