Note Values
and
Key Signatures
Bar lines
•Separate Measures
•Each bar line creates a new
measure
Measures
•Is the space between the two bar lines
•In this space we place beats.
•Then we can divide and add note values
to make rhythms
•We cannot subtract or multiply note
values
Measures and Bar lines
Bar line
measure
Bar Line
The top number
tells how many
beats there are in a
measure
Bottom number tells
which note receives the
entire beat with out it
being divided or added.
Time Signature
Whole note – 4 beats long – numeric symbol 1
1, ( 2, 3, 4,)
Only one quarter note and a half note can be
in a
1 (2)
3 (4)
Quarter Note – 1 beat – numeric symbol 4
1,
2, 3,
4
Eighth Note – ½ of a beat – numeric symbol 8
1
+
2 +
3 + 4 +
Time signature
Whole note - only exist in the tij time signature
1, ( 2, 3, 4,)
Only a half note and a quarter note can exist
in a
measure
OR
1 (2) 3
1
2(3)
Three quarter notes can fit into a
1,
2,
3
measure
Six eighth notes fit into a
1 +
2 +
time signature
3 +
Time signature
Only one half note fits in a
1 (2)
time signature
Two quarter notes fit in this time signature
1
2
Four eighth notes fit in this time signature
1
+
2
+