Chapter 5: Time Signatures

6, 9, 12, 15

Write four numbers that, when they appear in the upper part of a time signature, represent compound time.

False

T/F: The upper number of both simple and compound time signatures directly indicates the number of beats per measure.

2

6/8 is blank beats per measure

4

4/4 is blank beats per measure

3

3/8 is blank beats per measure

2

2/2 is blank beats per measure

True

T/F: The lower number of a simple time signature directly indicates the unit of the beat.

division

The lower number of a compound time signature represents the (unit/division/subdivision) of the beat

half note

what is the unit of the beat in 3/2 time?

eighth note

What is the unit of the beat in 4/8 time?

quarter note

What is the unit of the beat in 5/4 time?

dotted quarter

What is the unit of the beat in 12/8 time?

dotted eighth

What is the unit of the beat in 6/16 time?

dotted half

what is the unit of the beat in 9/4 time?

Common time

What does the symbol C mean as a time signature? quadruple-simple time

alla breve

What is the name of cut time? duple-simple

beamed

Notes which occur within a beat are usually blank together