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The bottom number represents what type of note gets one beat. This time signature means there are four quarter notes (or any combination of notes that equals four quarter notes) in every measure. A piece of music with this time signature would be in four four time or just in four four or common time.ounting in 4/4 Time 3/4 TIME SIGNATURE The 3/4 time signature means there are three quarter notes (or any combination of notes that equals three quarter notes) in every measure. A piece of music with this time signature would be in three four time or just in three four..
Time Signatures. Time signatures tell you how many and what kind of notes per measure there are. The number on top is the number of notes per measure, and the bottom number is what kind of note. Let us explain further. Let us take for example the most popular time signature, 4/4. This means there is 4 quarter notes per measure. How is this so? Looking at 4/4, you saw the 4 on top. You already knew that meant there were 4 somethings per measure. Then looking at the bottom number probably confused you. The bottom number can be 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc. Look at this chart.