Time Signatures: Everything You Need to Know

Time signatures are easy in theory; the top number is how many beats are in a bar(i.e. what metre is it in), and the bottom number tells you what kind of note is the beat(4=quarter, 2=half, 8=eighth, etc.), but this concept can be pretty brain melting for people who are only used to reading 4/4 or 3/4 or other "simple" time signatures. Hopefully this video gives enough examples and explanations to smooth out this concept for most people. I might even do another video with just tons of examples, one after another, to practice reading and counting rhythms. Let me know in the comments if that's something you'd like!

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Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
0:14 - Reviewing Common Time(4/4, 3/4, etc)
1:15 - Redefining Reality
2:30 - Cut time, 2/2, alla breve
3:46 - Learning pieces in cut time
5:26 - 6/8 and Compound Time Signatures
6:47 - Other Compound Time Signatures
7:54 - Take Lessons With Me!
8:33 - Subdividing in Compound Time
9:27 - Tuplets in Compound Time
10:21 - Complex Meter
11:21 - Mixed Meter

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Other instalments of this series:
Part 1: Rhythm Basics -    • Rhythms: The Fundamentals  
Part 2: Subdivision -    • Eighth Notes, Triplets, & Sixteenths: Ever...  

Coming soon!
Part 4: Swing: When Eighths Go Rogue
Part 5: Metric Madess (clave, hemiola, and all kinds of odds and sods)
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