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Four-four
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Count with it: one, two, three, four.
The low note is beat one. Every bar here has four beats.
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A time signature says how the bars are counted.
A time signature is two numbers stacked at the start of the music. The top number says how many beats each bar has.
In 4/4, the top four means four beats per bar.
The bottom four means each beat is a quarter note. Most pop, rock and hip-hop is in 4/4.
In 4/4, what does the top number tell you?
Every bar of 4/4 adds up to four beats.
Four quarter notes, two half notes, or any mix of notes and rests: the beats always total four.
Which of these fills exactly one bar of 4/4?
Every rhythm in this game is in 4/4.
The game does not print the 4/4, because every bar has four beats. Count one to four in each bar.
Count one to four in every bar, and start again at one after the barline.
You can count in 4/4.
What you learned
- A time signature says how the bars are counted.
- In 4/4 every bar has four beats, each a quarter note.
- The notes and rests in a bar of 4/4 always add up to four.
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