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WorksheetsUnderstanding Time Signatures
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What does this time signature mean?
Three beats per bar
Three quarters of a beat
Three fourths
Three crotchet beats per bar
What is a time signature? (Select all that apply)
A symbol at the start of a score (music sheet) that tells us how to count.
A direction at the start of a piece of music that tells us how fast to play.
A pair of numbers that tells us the total number of beats in each bar.
A pair of numbers at the start of a piece of music. Expressed as a fraction, it tells us how many beats each bar contains, and what type of beats they are.
What is the time signature of this bar?
4/4
6/8
3/4
2/4
What is the time signature of this bar?
10/8
6/4
4/4
5/4
This time signature tells us that there are (a) in a bar.
What does the top number tell us?
There are six beats in each bar.
Each bar is six seconds long.
We have to split each beat into six parts.
Each bar is worth one and a half beats.
What does the bottom number tell us? (select all that apply)
We are counting quarter notes per bar
There are 4 beats in each bar
We are counting crotchets per bar
A crotchet is worth one beat
What does this time signature tell us?
There are nine beats per bar.
There are nine eighths.
There are nine crotchet beats per bar.
There are nine quaver beats per bar.
Which of the following are time signatures? (Select all that apply)
4/4
5/8
3/3
6/4
3/2
What is the time signature of this bar?
5/4
3/4
8/8
4/4
