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Meaning of "time signature" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TIME SIGNATURE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIME SIGNATURE

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Time signature is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TIME SIGNATURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Time signature

The time signature is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each bar and which note value constitutes one beat. In a musical score, the time signature appears at the beginning of the piece, as a time symbol or stacked numerals, such as or 3 4, immediately following the key signature or immediately following the clef symbol if the key signature is empty. A mid-score time signature, usually immediately following a barline, indicates a change of meter. There are various types of time signatures, depending on whether the music follows simple rhythms or involves unusual shifting tempos, including: simple, compound, complex, mixed, additive, fractional, and irrational meters.

Definition of time signature in the English dictionary

The definition of time signature in the dictionary is a sign usually consisting of two figures, one above the other, the upper figure representing the number of beats per bar and the lower one the time value of each beat. This sign is placed after the key signature at the outset of a piece or section of a piece.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE TIME SIGNATURE

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Synonyms and antonyms of time signature in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «time signature» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TIME SIGNATURE

Find out the translation of time signature to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of time signature from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «time signature» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

compás
570 millions of speakers

English

time signature
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समय हस्ताक्षर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وقت توقيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

время подпись
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

compasso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সময় স্বাক্ষর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

signature temps
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tandatangan masa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Taktart
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

拍子記号
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

박자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Teken wektu
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chữ ký thời gian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேரம் கையொப்பம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेळ स्वाक्षरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zaman imzası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tempo firma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Metrum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

час підпис
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

timp semnătură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χρόνο υπογραφής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tydmaatteken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

taktart
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

taktart
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIME SIGNATURE»

Discover the use of time signature in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to time signature and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Social Dance: Steps to Success
Typically, dancers do not have access to sheet music to help them identify the time signature. Thus, you must be able to identify the time signature after hearing a portion of the music. Start by focusing your attention on the underlying beat, then ...
Judy Patterson Wright, 2013
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Propellerhead Reason 4: Tips and Tricks
Reason 4 now allows tempo and time signature changes within a track Q CLICK CLICK LEVEL TIME SIGNATURE HOURS Figure 2.6 Setting the Tempo very often, if ever. The main Transport panel controls are the same as the controls on a ...
Hollin Jones, 2008
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory
Because we have four beats in a measure, the top number in the time signature is a four. Because the basic beat is a quarter note, the bottom number is a four ( as in the 4 in 1/4). So the standard form we've been using is called "four four" time  ...
Michael Miller, 2005
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Music Math: Exploring Different Interpretations of Fractions
The top number in the time signature shows how many beats there are in each measure. For example, a time signature with a 4 on top means there are 4 beats in each measure. A time signature with a 3 on top means there are 3 beats in each ...
Kathleen Collins, 2004
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Fiddle
Time. Signatures. Fiddle Facts The time signature is read by naming the numbers from top to bottom. For example, 3/4 time is read "Three Four." 4/4 time is the most common time signature. You will often see 4/4 replaced with a giant C. Just to ...
Ellery Klein, 2008
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iLife '04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
You also set the time signature when you create a new song, which measures the song's meter. The time signature is a fraction that indicates the relationship of beats and measures. For example, with a time signature of 2/4, you have two ...
Tony Bove, Cheryl Rhodes, 2004
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On Singing Onstage
An American stamp is placed on the swing or jazz waltz that gives its 3/4 time signature an irresistible gaiety. Listen to the standard "I'm All Smiles" from Michael Leonard and Herbert Martin's score for The Yearling and Elmer Bernstein and ...
David Craig, 2000
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Post-Quantum Cryptography
Merkle started from one-time signature schemes, in particular that of Lamport and Diffie [18]. One-time signatures are even more fundamental. The construction of a secure one-time signature scheme only requires a one-way function.
Daniel J. Bernstein, Johannes Buchmann, Erik Dahmen, 2009
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A Funky Thesaurus for the Rock Drummer
For purposes of definition within the boundaries of this book, an odd time signature is 3/4, 5/4, 7/4, 9/4, 11/4, 13/4 or 15/4 time. This also applies to 13/8 or 15/8 etc. and admittedly omits such important subjects as 10/4, compound meter ( such ...
Dowd, Charles
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Music Technology Workbook: Key Concepts and Practical Projects
To provide the same time signature for the whole song, always remember to locate the Song position marker back to the beginning of bar 1 before you make any changes to the time signature. On some sequencers, changing the time signature ...
Paul Middleton, Steven Gurevitz, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIME SIGNATURE»

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Deadmau5 Responds To Twitter Challenge, Creates TwitterStep
Time signatures in music are fun to play with, considering that so many popular songs are confined to a very small set of “natural” signatures. They're also not ... «Your EDM, Jul 15»
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Usher and Justin Bieber have a copyright lawsuit on their hands
Copeland and Overton are seeking $10 million in damages, citing the fact that their song shares “beat pattern, time signature, and similar chords and lyrics” with ... «A.V. Club DC, Jun 15»
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Tipsheet: Time signature
The oldest continually performing city band west of the Mississippi River, the Winona Municipal Band is celebrating its 100th year with a series of weekly ... «Post-Bulletin, Jun 15»
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Ben Weinman of Dillinger Escape Plan Talks Odd Time Signatures
Dillinger Escape Plan. Ben Weinman, far right, speaks with Music Times. (Photo : Dillinger Escape Plan). Dillinger Escape Plan isn't the most crowd-pleasing of ... «Music Times, Feb 15»
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Still courtesy Hemdale Film/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
And, most important, what the dickens is that weird time signature in the film's score? The other day, upon realizing that 2014 marks three decades since the film ... «Slate Magazine, Feb 14»
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Quickies: 'Terminator' Time Signature, 'Out to Lunch' at 50, Sibelius …
Be it classical music, jazz, theater, dance, art, films or books, news gets made fresh every single day...especially here on February 26, 2014. So, in an effort to ... «Classicalite, Feb 14»
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No. 36: 'Four Sticks' – Top 50 Led Zeppelin Songs
With a riff that plows along in 5/4 time and some hypnotic percussion groove, 'Four Sticks' quickly takes on an almost other worldly quality. Time signatures ... «Ultimate Classic Rock, Aug 13»
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The National's Anthem
During our 75-minute conversation, he mentions the Strokes six times. .... managed to do something really advanced with a 9/8 time signature or whatever it is. «Grantland, May 13»
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New app listens to your melodies, then writes them out in notation
Users can play a melody into their smartphone's microphone and moments later its key, tempo, time signature and the musical notation itself will pop up on the ... «Gizmag, May 13»
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Uncommon Time: What Makes Dave Brubeck's Unorthodox Jazz …
(The first number, which is the top number of the time signature in sheet music, represents the number of beats in the measure, and the second number ... «Scientific American, Dec 12»

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