Thomas Whitmore wrote: > Think of a ruler or a measuring tape. Does it start at 1 or at 0? Not sure you're on the right track here! A ruler or tape measures the distance from a datum to a point of interest, thus we count 0 at the start. In music the first beat of the first bar is beat 1 of bar 1; NOT beat 0 bar 0. -- /----------------------------------------- | Tommy Taylor - Systems Administrator, | | Biker and (supposed) Musician | | E-mail: tt@... | -----------------------------------------/