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The bottom number represents what type of note gets one beat. This time signature means there are four quarter notes (or any combination of notes that equals four quarter notes) in every measure. A piece of music with this time signature would be in four four time or just in four four or common time.ounting in 4/4 Time 3/4 TIME SIGNATURE The 3/4 time signature means there are three quarter notes (or any combination of notes that equals three quarter notes) in every measure. A piece of music with this time signature would be in three four time or just in three four..
You will notice that all three of the time signatures shown above have the bottom number of '4'. That tells us what kind of note gets the beat. In this case, the bottom number means a quarter note will get one beat. It is possible to have a number other than four on the bottom of a time signature, though. For example: an 8 on the bottom would tell us that an eighth note would get one beat. A 2 on the bottom would tell us that a half note would get one beat. There are many different combinations of numbers that can make up a time signature.