Time Signatures: 44 or C?

time signature  The purpose of the time signature is to tell us how the music is to be counted · In a time signature, the top number is the amount of beats in Wrapping It Up As you can see, the bottom number in a time signature is critical because it determines which type of note you count as a

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  There are various types of time signatures, including: simple , compound , complex , mixed ( , 58 &

Time signatures A time signature tells you how many beats are in the bar It is written as two numbers at the beginning of every piece of music  The number of beats per measure determines whether a time signature is duple, triple or quadruple As 124 has four strong beats per measure, it