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Time Signatures & How They Group

An A3 wall chart of simple and compound time signatures, each with its note groupings and counting syllables, plus panels on reading the two numbers, simple versus compound time, and the two old time signs.

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What's inside

  • Simple-time cards for 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and cut common time (2/2), each with note groupings and counting syllables
  • Compound-time cards for 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and the irregular 5/4 (grouped 3+2), each with note groupings and counting syllables
  • How to read the two numbers of a time signature — beats per bar, and what counts as one beat
  • Simple versus compound time explained, plus the two old time signs, common time (C) and cut common time (¢)
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