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Time Signature, Conduct Patterns and Samples

The document outlines various musical notes, their corresponding beats, and the concept of dotted notes which add value to the original note. It explains time signatures, including common ones like 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4, which dictate the number of beats in a measure. Additionally, it mentions songs associated with different time signatures and introduces conducting patterns for directing musicians.

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Time Signature, Conduct Patterns and Samples

The document outlines various musical notes, their corresponding beats, and the concept of dotted notes which add value to the original note. It explains time signatures, including common ones like 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4, which dictate the number of beats in a measure. Additionally, it mentions songs associated with different time signatures and introduces conducting patterns for directing musicians.

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Notes, Rests and Beats

Whole Note – 4 Half Note – 2 beats


beats
Quarter Note – 1 Eighth Note – 1/2
beat beat
Beamed Eighth Sixteenth Note – 1/4
Notes beat
½ + ½
– 1 beat
4 Beamed Sixteenth Whole Rest – 4 Beats
Notes
¼+ ¼ + ¼ + ¼
– 1 beat
Half Rest – 2 Beats Quarter Rest – 1 Beat
Dotted Notes
A dot written after a note adds one-half of the note's value to
the original note's value
Dotted Whole Note – 6 beats ( 4 beats + 2
Beats)

Dotted Half Note – 3 beats ( 2 beats + 1 Beat)

Dotted Quarter Note – 1 ½ beat ( 1 beat + 1/2


Beat)
Beamed dotted eighth note and a sixteenth note
– 1 beat
1/2 beat + 1/4 beat + 1/4 beat = 1 beat
Time Signature
A time signature is a musical notation that indicates the number of beats in each measure
(or bar) and what note value (such as a quarter note or eighth note) gets one beat. It helps
musicians understand the rhythmic structure of a piece of music.
Common Time Signatures
Common in marches. It means there are 2 beats
2/4 Time Signature in a measure, and a quarter note gets one beat.

Often used in waltzes. It means there are 3 beats in


3/4 Time Signature a measure, and a quarter note gets one beat.

The most common time signature. It means there


4/4 Time Signature are 4 beats in a measure, and a quarter note gets
one beat.
Ding ding nga Diyawa
Composed by National Artists Ramon Santos, it is a Maranao Children Song
that uses native instruments like timpani, agung, and kulintang

2/4
TIME
SIGNATU
RE
Bumala Ka Ay Buwan
A native song from the Kankanaey, an indigenous people from Northern
Luzon. It means “Lumabas ka, Buwan” in Tagalog

4/4
TIME
SIGNATUR
E
A Gay Waltz
A classic waltz composed by Cornelius Gurlitt and Wilhelm Krentzlin, both
German composers and arrangers.

3/4
TIME
SIGNATU
RE
Conducting Patterns
Conductor – someone who directs a
choir or a group of instrumentalists.
The conductor beats time
and prepares the
musicians
2/4
Conduct
Pattern
3/4
Conduct
Pattern
4/4
Conduct
Pattern
Guess the Time Signature

Magtanim ay di Biro
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Ang Bayan Ko
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Tiririt ng Maya
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Pomp and
Circumstance
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Sitsiritsit
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Lupang
Hinirang
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Salidumay

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