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What is the top number of a time signature?
The top number dictates the number of beats per measure.In 4/4 time, there are four beats per meausre.In 2/2 time, there are two beats per measure.
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In a musical time signature the upper number indicates what?
How many "beats" (pulses) in the measure. For instance:
4/4 means 4 beats per measure and the quarter note gets one beat 6/8 means 6 beats per measure and the eighth note gets one beat 3/4 means 3...
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What does the bottom number in a musical time signature indicate?
The bottom number in a musical time signature indicates what kind of note gets one beat. Ex: 4/4=4 beats in a measure, 4, or quarter note gets a beat.
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In a musical time signature the lower number indicates what?
The bottom number tells you how long the beat is (quarter note, eighth note, etc...), the top number tells you how many beats are in a measure.
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The top number in a time signature tells what?
The top number in a time signature dictates the number of beats in a measure.In 4/4 time, there are four beats per measure.In 3/4 time, there are three beats per measure.In 6/8 time, there are six...