Suggested Learning Resources
- Any rhythmic note value can represent the beat (called the "beat-unit")
depending on the time signature (Ex. a whole note could be worth 1 beat, a half note
could be worth 1 beat, a quarter note could be worth 1 beat, etc.)
- The bottom number of a simple time signature specifies which note value
is worth one beat (representing the beat unit) 1=whole note, 2=half note, 4=quarter
note 8=eighth note, 16= 16th note.
- Simple time signatures have the number 2, 3, or 4 as the top number, and
this indicates how many beat units are contain within each full measure.
- For simple time signatures 2=duple (two beats per measure) 3=triple (three
beats per measure) 4=quadruple (4 beats per measure)
- The numbers 3,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 never appear as the bottom number
of a time signature, because they are not associated with our named rhythmic note
values
http://youtu.be/b9PmAagcpIY
Objective 1.20: Identify the simple time signatures of 2/4 , 3/4, 4/4, 2/2, 3/2,
4/2, 2/8, 3/8, 4/8, common time, cut time, etc., and explain what the top and bottom
numbers mean