: Time Signature

When it comes to reading music, understanding time signatures is essential to understanding musical notation and the rhythm of a piece of

Time signature means that there are four beats in each measure and the quarter note gets one beat Contents

time1234 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

time899 com How to Understand Compound Time Signatures: Compound Time signatures are often found in our music Anytime you see a time signature with an 8 as the