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13/4 or it could be 13/8 or 13/16 *its as being written within 13/4 **
within one 13/4 MEASURE of TIME within the ONE MEASURE their will be 13
BEATS of TIME And THE 1/4 QUARTER NOTE RECIEVES the BEAT **so the METER 13/4 is CALLED NAMED ASYMMETRIC METER *
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Simple example of a 3/4 time signature: here there are three quarter-notes per measure.The time signature (also known as "meter signature") is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each measure and what note value constitutes one beat.
In a musical score, the time signature appears at the beginning of the piece, immediately following the key signature (or immediately following the clef if the piece is in C major, A Minor, or a modal subset). A mid-score time signature, usually immediately following a barline, indicates a change of meter.
Contents [hide]
1 Simple and compound time signatures
1.1 Simple time signatures
1.1.1 Notational variations in simple time
1.2 Compound time signatures
1.2.1 Interpreting compound time signatures
1.3 Beat and time
1.4 Most frequent time signatures
2 Complex time signatures
3 Mixed meters
4 Variants
4.1 Additive meters
4.2 Other variants
5 "Irrational" meters
6 Stress and meter
6.1 Rewriting meters
7 Early music usage
7.1 Mensural time signatures
7.2 Proportions
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
[edit] Simple and compound time signatures
Basic time signatures: 4/4, also known as common time (C); 2/2, also known as cut time or cut-common time (¢), 2/4, 3/4 & 6/8Time signatures consist of two numbers, one on top of the other. The bottom number gives the type of note as a fraction of a whole note (a whole note is called a 'semibreve') that is the "beat unit"; e.g., 4 on the bottom means quarter-note (crotchet) counts and 8 on the bottom mean eighth-note (quaver) counts. The top number specifies how many beats are in each measure. For instance, 2/4 means 2 quarter-note beats.
Time signatures can be "simple" or "compound".
[edit] Simple time signatures
In a simple time signature, each beat is divided into two equal parts. Typically, therefore, each beat has the value of a non-dotted note.
The upper number indicates how many beats there are in a bar;
The lower number indicates the note value which represents one beat (the "beat unit").
The most common simple time signatures are 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4. The 4 at the bottom indicates that the beat unit is the quarter note or crotchet. For example, 3/4 means three quarter-note beats per measure.
[edit] Notational variations in simple time
Alla breve symbol.A "semicircle" is sometimes used for 4/4 time, also called "common time" or "imperfect time". The symbol is derived from a broken circle used in early music, where a full circle represented 3/4 time, called "perfect time".[1] A "semicircle" with a vertical line through it is used in place of 2/2, also known as "alla breve" or, colloquially, "cut time".
[edit] Compound time signatures
In compound time signatures, the main beat is divided into three equal parts (as distinct from the two equal parts in simple time). Compound time signatures are distinguished by an upper number which is commonly 6, 9 or 12. The most common lower number in a compound time signature is 8, meaning the time is beaten in eighth notes (quavers).
Unlike simple time, however, compound time uses a dotted note for the beat unit. Consequently, since it is impossible to indicate a dotted note by using a single, non-fractional number, the upper and lower numbers in compound time signatures do not represent the number of beats per bar and the beat unit, as they do in simple time.
[edit] Interpreting compound time signatures
The upper and lower numbers in compound time signatures are determined as follows:
To determine the number of beats per bar, divide the upper number by three. For example, in 6/8, there are 2 beats per measure. The pulse in a compound 6/8 will have two dotted quarter-note (crotchet) beats, and each beat will subdivide into a group of three eighth notes.
To identify the "beat unit" (i.e. which type of note represents one beat), multiply the note value represented by the lower number by three. In 6/8, the lower number (8) represents the note value of an eighth note. Multiplying that note value by three gives a unit of a dotted quarter note, or 3 eighth notes.
For example, 12/8 time would be counted: One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve (or alternatively, one and uh two and uh three and uh four and uh).
In compound time, the beat unit is always a dotted note value. The most common compound time signatures are 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8, denoting two, three and four dotted quarter note beats per bar.
[edit] Beat and time
Time signatures indicating two beats per bar (whether simple or compound) are called duple time; those with three beats to the bar are triple time. To the ear, a bar may seem like one singular beat. For example, in some fast waltzes, which are most commonly in 3/4 time, the term single time may be used. Terms such as quadruple (4), quintuple (5), and so on are also occasionally used.
[edit] Most frequent time signatures
Simple time signatures
4/4 (quadruple) common time: widely used in most forms of Western classical and popular music. Most common time signature in rock, blues, country, funk, and pop[2]
2/2 (duple) alla breve, cut time: used for marches and fast orchestral music. Frequently occurs in musical theater. Sometimes called "in 2".
4/2 (quadruple) common in early music; rarer since 1600, although Brahms and other composers used it occasionally.
2/4 (duple) used for polkas or marches
3/4 (triple) used for waltzes, minuets, scherzi, and country & western ballads.
3/8 (triple) also used for the above, but usually suggests higher tempo or shorter hypermeter.
Compound time signatures
6/8 (duple) double jigs, polkas, fast obscure waltzes, marches and some rock music.
9/8 (triple) "compound triple time", used in triple ("slip") jigs, otherwise occurring rarely (The Ride of the Valkyries is a familiar example)
12/8 (quadruple) classical music; also common in slower blues, doo-wop and stripper music; also used more recently in rock music.
[edit] Complex time signatures
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