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We are going to be working on Time Signatures. I meant to get the Time Signatures yesterday and then get to something fun today but my computer was not working correctly. So I was up until about 1:00 in the morning working on it, making sure it was all cool, and I am back.
So, I have got a question the other day asking me “What happens if the time signature is 2/4 and consistent up until say the halfway of the song, and the time signature changes to ¾?” All right, the way that works is right here, I drew out a little time signature chart using a program that is called Sibelius.
So we are here at the beginning of your stat, you have these two little numbers here. Now, the fact there are four of them, do not worry about it. It is just that these are two different players. This would be — for example, your guitar player and this would be your bass player or something. But here, it is for the piano. This will left hand and right hand.
So anyway, this 4/4 is telling you one thing and that is the top number means, beats per measure and the bottom number is telling you which note gets the beat. Now, I am going to explain what the top part is. Do not worry about the bottom part. The top part that says beats per measure is referring to literally how many beats there are in every measure. And so what is a measure? This is a measure. Here is another measure. Remember, these are half notes and just to refresh your memory, half notes get two beats. Quarter notes get one beat and so what is that add up to? Well, pretty easy, four.
So you can literally see visually that two over one is four. There is literally four beats in this measure. This 4/4 remains 4/4 until the Time Signatures changes. So there is a lot of times when this 4/4, you will see ever again for the rest of the song because what they are telling you to do is to just it in your memory and then just use it throughout the whole song. But for now right here at this measure, on measure ten, here is eight; one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. On measure ten, I put it a measure change. I put a Time Signature change. I put this in 2/4.
Now the reason why you will not see 4/4 notes in 2/4 is because there can only be two beats in that measure. Over here, that is beats per measure. The bottom part is telling you which note gets the beats. So what does that mean? Well, when the bottom number right here, this number. Not the top one, just the bottom one. When that says one, that is referring to a whole note. When it says two, it is referring to a half note. When it says four, it is referring to a quarter note. When it says eight, it is referring to an eight note, and 16 if it is to a 16th note. You see how they are all over and out. By the way, you can get this diagram from my website. The link will be in the video description to the right. So what is up with this 4/4? It is saying that there is four beats per measure and the quarter note gets the beat.
She also writes “What happens if the time interchanges four times in the song. Say, from 2/4 to ¾.to 4/4, or 1/4, you will write them all at the start would you?” And the answer is that, you would not write them at the start here. You would write them at the start wherever you want that would be. So for example, if I want the musician to play in 2/4 here, I would write it down. If I want the musician playing 4/4 here, I will write it down.
So here we have nine measures of 4/4 and two measures of 2/4. This is the first one and then your second one, and then it goes back to 4/4 which until after another four measures, it goes back into ¾ which is just saying one two three, one two three, one two three. As suppose to one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.
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