An introduction to music theory: Time signatures

time signature In the example above, the bottom number is a 4 so each beat is a quarter note So the time signature two-four indicates that the meter is 2 quarter beats per

Time signature, in musical notation, sign that indicates the meter of a composition Most time signatures consist of two vertically aligned time888 The Numerator in the time signature indicates the number of beats in a measure For example, in 44, there are 4 beats per measure The Denominator indicates