Originally Posted by: jasim.hdI'm having troubles getting the concept of time signature in my brain. Now, theoritically, I know what it means. 4/4 means each bar has 4 quarter notes in it, 3/2 means each bar has 3 half notes in it and so on.
The bottom number is what type of note (what rhythmic duration value) gets 1 beat of the measure. I think the easiest way to think of it is to replace the top number with a 1. That way you get a fraction that shows you what rhythmic value gets 1 beat in that measure.
So, 3/2 becomes 1/2. So the 'half-note' (1/2) gets one beat count in this measure. And then if you see a 1/4 note in the measure you'll know a 1/4 note gets a half beat count, because 1/4 is half of 1/2. Make sense?
Check out my old tutorial on reading music here.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=271
There is a specific lesson in that tutorial on reading & counting time signatures in it! 3/2 time signature included as an example!
https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=10276&s_id=271
Hope this helps!
