What Is A Time Signature?

In music, we have something called a time signature. It is very important because it tells us how many
beats are in a measure. Essentially, how high we have to count before we start back at the number 1.

A time signatures consists of two numbers one on top of the other as shown below:

The top number represents how many beats are in a measure, or how high you count. The bottom
number represents either quarter notes (4) eighth notes (8) or sixteenth notes (16). There are a variety
of times signatures in music as shown in some examples below:

We will focus on two types of time signatures for now 3/4 and 4/4. (Pronounced three four and four
four respectively). For now, all you need to know is how to count to 3 and how to count 4 and you will
be all set.

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