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Time signature

A time signature (also known as meter signature, metre signature, and measure signature) is an indication in music notation that specifies how many note values of a particular type fit into each measure (bar). The time signature indicates the meter of a musical movement at the bar level.

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Time signature notation

Frequently used time signatures

Complex time signatures

Mixed meters

Additive meters

Irrational meters

Variants

Early music usage

Irregular bar

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Time signature

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Time signature

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related to Variants · 17
Time signature → American, Both, Carl Orff, Carlos Chávez's Piano Sonata, George Crumb, IV, Jaques-Dalcroze, Joseph Schwantner, Le Rythme, Music, No, Orff's, Percy Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy, Similarly, Some, This, While
related to Complex time signatures · 10
Time signature → Apollo, Delphic Hymns, Early, Greek, Handel's, Irregular, Orlando, Signatures, Spain, Western
related to Mixed meters · 10
Time signature → Exhibition, Five, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite, In, Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures, Sacrificial Dance, Spring, The, The Promenade, While
related to Beat and subdivision · 7
Time signature → Conversely, Depending, Either, For, Most, Musical, On
related to Irrational meters · 7
Time signature → According, Brian Ferneyhough, For, Irrational, It, Sometimes, These
related to Additive meters · 5
Time signature → Additive, For, Such, The, To
related to Tempo giusto · 5
Time signature → Baroque, Conventionally, For, This, While
related to Examples · 4
Time signature → In, It, Simple, Syllables
related to Irregular bar · 4
Time signature → If, Irregular, Such, The
related to Time signature notation · 4
Time signature → Baroque, Most, The, This

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time signatures music signature bar note meter beats compound example used beat one metric meters simple two notation sometimes three

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the Delphic Hymns to Apolloinstance ofand in ancient Greek music0.80text
but the corresponding time signatures rarely appeared in formal written Western music until the 19th centuryinstance ofand in ancient Greek music0.80text
Time signaturerelated to Additive metersTo0.60section
Time signaturerelated to Additive metersAdditive0.60section
Time signaturerelated to Additive metersSuch0.60section
Time signaturerelated to Additive metersFor0.60section
Time signaturerelated to Additive metersThe0.60section
Time signaturerelated to Beat and subdivisionMusical0.60section
Time signaturerelated to Beat and subdivisionDepending0.60section
Time signaturerelated to Beat and subdivisionMost0.60section
Time signaturerelated to Beat and subdivisionEither0.60section
Time signaturerelated to Beat and subdivisionOn0.60section

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