Understanding Time Signatures

time signature  The meaning of TIME SIGNATURE is a sign used in music to indicate meter and usually written as a fraction with the bottom number indicating the kind of note The lower number of the time signature shows you what type of beat to count 2=minim, 4=crotchet or dotted minim, 8=quaver or dotted crotchet and 16=semiquaver

The upper '4' is the number of beats per bar and the lower '4' indicates the beats are crotchets As above you can see the time signature 44 doesn't mean all The time signature is a two number symbol used in western musical notation at the beginning of and throughout sheet music The first number on

The simplest example is the time signature of 68 There are six eighth notes in each bar At a moderate tempo, however, there are TIME SIGNATURE The upper number tells the number of beats or pulses in each measure Ad for