time signatures are that thing at the front of the first bar in music, usually looks like a fraction sign. the lower number indicates the note value which represents one beat (the “beat unit”);
the upper number indicates how many such beats there are in a bar
so most commonly if it’s a 4 a quarter note will be one beat. If it’s 8 a quarter note gets the beat if it’s 2 a half note gets it, 1 a whole note, etc, etc
ive been playing several instruments for 5 years and its stilll a little complicated for me butl the top number represents the amount of beats that can fit in the measure and the bottom represents how many parts are in each beat so if the time signature was 4/4 then there are 4 beats in a measure and a beat is made up of 4 parts. I hope it helps its hard to explain
It helps you with the rythmn, how many beats to count to the bar or measure.
so 4 over 4 , you would count 4 beats. One, two, three four, one two three four, rythmically. the value of the notes add up to the number.
March 29th, 2009 - 15:48
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top number refers to number of beats in measure
bottom number refers to which note gets the beat
a time signature is a key to understand the sheet of music in front of you.
April 1st, 2009 - 02:42
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time signatures are that thing at the front of the first bar in music, usually looks like a fraction sign. the lower number indicates the note value which represents one beat (the “beat unit”);
the upper number indicates how many such beats there are in a bar
April 4th, 2009 - 07:37
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the first number is beats per measure
so if it’s 3/4 there are three beats per measure
the second number is what note gets the beat
so most commonly if it’s a 4 a quarter note will be one beat. If it’s 8 a quarter note gets the beat if it’s 2 a half note gets it, 1 a whole note, etc, etc
April 7th, 2009 - 15:38
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ive been playing several instruments for 5 years and its stilll a little complicated for me butl the top number represents the amount of beats that can fit in the measure and the bottom represents how many parts are in each beat so if the time signature was 4/4 then there are 4 beats in a measure and a beat is made up of 4 parts. I hope it helps its hard to explain
April 9th, 2009 - 00:58
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It helps you with the rythmn, how many beats to count to the bar or measure.
so 4 over 4 , you would count 4 beats. One, two, three four, one two three four, rythmically. the value of the notes add up to the number.
so you need to know the values of notes.
Semibreve is worth 4
minim 2
crotchet 1
etc…..
April 9th, 2009 - 17:37
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