Time Signature Extravaganza!

This is called a Staff.

Music notes live in this thing.

What is it called?

• A basketball

• A donut

• A pretzel

• A staff

This is a Measure.

Measures are like little windows of music.

What is this called?

• A measure

• A barline

• A rhythm

• A melody

These are called Bar Lines.

Bar Lines create Measures.

What are these?

• A measure

• Barlines

• Double Barlines

• Tripe Barlines

The Time Signature lives in the staff.

It's very important.

 It tells you how many ____ are in each bar of music.

• Rhythms

• Beats

• Melodies

• Numbers

What does the top number of the Time Signature tell us?

• How many beats in each measure

• How many melodies per measure

• How loud or soft the music is

• What speed the music goes

How many beats are in each measure as indicated by this Time Signature above?

• 4

• 6

• 10

• 12

What does the bottom number of the Time Signature tell us?

• How many beats are in each measure

• What kind of beat each one (note) is

• What kind of melody each one is

• How many melodies are in each measure.

A piece of music with a Time Signature of 4/4 has how many beats?

• 3

• 2

• 4

• 1

A piece of music 3/4 Time Signature has how many beats?

• 5

• 6

• 4

• 3

A piece of music with a 2/4 Time Signature has how many beats?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2