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still learning to read music. time signatures?


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im still having trouble understanding what exactly it does.

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6 Comments on still learning to read music. time signatures?

  1. doublethink says:
    July 31, 2010 at 8:39 pm

    Learn How to Read Music Notes

    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.

  2. ? tears dont fall ? says:
    August 1, 2010 at 2:22 am

    Learn How to Read Music Notes

    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

  3. alex says:
    August 2, 2010 at 12:31 am

    learning to read music

    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

  4. Johnr22496 says:
    August 3, 2010 at 12:35 am

    Learn How to Read Music

    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

  5. naturelover says:
    August 3, 2010 at 10:11 pm

    Learn How to Read Music

    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…..

  6. Music Vocalist says:
    August 5, 2010 at 12:58 am

    Learn How to Read Music Notes

    There are some good answers here. If you need more help check out the site below

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