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WorksheetsBAR LINES AND TIME SIGNATURES
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
At the very beginning of a piece of music, just after the clef, you will find two numbers, one above the other. This is called
Fractions
Time Signature
Clefs
Signature of time
A time signature gives you two pieces of information:
1. What kind of beats we are counting.
2. How many beats per bar there are.
1. The scale the music is written in.
2. The key signature of the music.
1. The number of accidentals in the music
2. The key of the music.
1. How many beats per bar there are.
2. What kind of beats we are counting
This image can be described as
1. The top number tells you the number time signatures.
2. The bottom number tells you the keys of the music.
1. The top number counts the bar lines in the music
2. The bottom number tells you how the music is played.
1. The top number tells you that there are 4 beats in the bar.
2. The bottom number tells us that we are counting crotchets.
1. The bottom number tells us that we are counting crotchets.
2. The top number tells you that there are 4 beats in the bar.
What type of notes are in bar one?
Four beamed quaver notes, a crotchet and two beamed quaver note
Four beamed crotchet notes, a quaver and two beamed crotchet notes
Four beamed semiquaver notes, a quaver and two beamed semiquaver notes
Four quaver notes, a minim and two beamed crotchet notes.
What is a time signature?
Time signatures are used to tell how many time you have to play each music.
Time signatures are used to tell how many beats each measure of music will get.
Time signatures are used to tell how many times you have to play each measure.
Time signatures are used to tell how many beats the entire song will get.
what does the bottom number of a time signature tells you?
The bottom number tells the number of beats are in a song
The bottom number tells the number of beats are in each measure
The bottom number tells you what type of note to be written in each measure
The bottom number tells you what type of note receives one beat.
What does the top number in a time signature tells you?
The top number tells what type of note receives one beat.
The top number tells the number of beats are in a song
The top number tells the number of beats are in each measure
The top number tells what type of note is to be played in a song
How many beats are in each measure of music?
8
2
3
6
If i have a a dotted half note in the last measure, what time signature am i?
What is the function of a bar-line? Select all the correct answers
Bar lines break up the musical section into reduced, measurable groups of notes and rests.
A bar line separates notes into readable measures.
Bar lines are used as guidelines for you to follow.
A bar line separates music into measures (also called bars)
What is the function of a double bar-line?
A double bar line allows you to go on to the next measure
A double bar line at the end of a measure means that song is to be repeated
A double bar line allows you to see the end of the music
A double bar line indicates to a musician it's the end of the song
If a song has four beats per measure, what is the time signature ?
What is the name of the note with the longest count in bar 6?
whole note
quarter note
eighth note
half note
The time signature given means there are four beats in a bar. Is this time signature correct?
Yes
No
Maybe
None of the above
This bar-line separate measures and allows you to go on to the next measure. Which bar-line is it?
repeat sign
double bar-line
single bar-line
Before inserting a bar-line what do you need to look for? Select all the correct answers
The amount of counts needed for each measure
The time signature
Note values
Rest values
How many numbers are there in a time signature?
1 (Just one big one)
3 ( Like a pyramid)
2 ( a top and a bottom number)
Which time signature is also called "common time"?
What type of note gets one beat in 3/4 Time Signature?
Eighth Note
Quarter Note
Half Note
Whole Note
BONUS: What type of note gets one beat in 2/2 Time Signature?
Whole Note
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Half Note
