Fall time....

[TexasTravel]

What is "fall time" in music? Speber?

I should, very much, know this being a drummer myself but just want to make sure from someone who is an officially trained professional.

From my understanding, it is a rhythm that is on the downbeat instead of the up. In other words, if someone is trying to tap their foot to something by just the instinctual feeling that they have....they will always be that 1/2 second off and never right on track.

[speber]

fall time Electronics.The time required for a signal to decay from 90 % to 10 % of its maximum amplitude.

- Rane Pro Audio Reference

[TexasTravel]

I guess what I was looking for an explanation of metre of a bar. I seem to have found pretty close to what I was looking for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre_(music)

What eventually "beat" me what that I was never good at "off" tempos such as 3/4, 6/8, 9/8, simple and compound when comparing these times, paradiddle and the such. That made me very jealous of those who could.

[TexasTravel]

I do understand your reference as before I started playing, I was, and still am, into audio reproduction as a whole, such as the production, continuity, axis and later decay of a wave. I still am an audiophile as a whole and am extremely critical of my equipment and it characteristics. It gets expensive quick.

[speber]