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Time Signatures

Time signatures define the meter of the music. Music is "marked off" in uniform sections called bars or measures, and time signatures establish the number of beats in each. This does not necessarily indicate which beats to emphasize, however, so a time signature that conveys information about the way the piece actually sounds is thus chosen. Time signatures tend to suggest prevailing groupings of beats or pulses.
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Specific time – simple time signatures
The bottom number represents the note value of the basic pulse of the music (in this case the 4 represents the crotchet or quarter-note). The top number indicates how many of these note values appear in each measure. This example announces that each measure is the equivalent length of three crotchets (quarter-notes). For example, 3 / 4 is pronounced as "three-four time" or "three-quarter time".


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Common time
This symbol represents 4 / 4 time. It derives from the broken circle that represented "imperfect" duple meter in fourteenth-century mensural time signatures.​

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Alla breve or Cut time
This symbol represents
2 / 2 time, indicating two minim (or half-note) beats per measure. Here, a crotchet (or quarter note) would get half a beat.​​

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  • About
    • Contact
    • Come & Sing with Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Privacy Notice
  • Previous Shows
    • Next Show
    • Testimonials
    • Set Construction
  • Musical Symbols
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    • Clefs
    • Notes and Rests
    • Breaks
    • Accidentals
    • Key Signature
    • Time Signature
    • Note Relationships
    • Dynamics
    • Articulation Marks
    • Tempo
  • Members Area
    • Christmas Concerts >
      • Christmas 2022
      • Christmas 2021 Recordings
      • Christmas 2021
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      • Christmas 2019
      • Christmas 2018
      • Christmas 2017
      • Christmas 2016
    • Shows >
      • Show 2023
      • Show 2022
      • Show 2020
      • Show 2019
      • Musical Moments 2019
      • Mid Summer MM 2018
      • Sorcerer 2018
      • Pirates 2017
      • Musical Magic 2016
      • Scores Musical Magic
    • Rehearsal Info
    • Sing-a-long
    • Calendar
    • Score list
    • Your Comments
    • Members
    • Constitution
    • Archive >
      • Jungle Bells
      • CGC2018 Adds
      • Musescore Tracks >
        • A Winter Wonderland
        • Zadok the Priest
    • Posters & Flyers >
      • Christmas 2022 Flyer
      • Christmas 2021 Flyer
      • Sing with us
    • EasyFundraising
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