Time Signature 3/4
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The 3/4 time signature is a musical meter that indicates there are 3 beats per measure, and each beat corresponds to a quarter note.
Time Signature 3/4 is one of the most popular meters in western music. Each measure (or bar) has 3 quarter notes beats in it. The waltz is a classic piece of music in 3/4 and listening to it gives you the ‘swing’ feel of this meter.
What Is Time Signature 3/4?
The time signature or meter 3/4 is show in the music as a 3 above a 4.
This comes before the music starts but after the clef and key signature. The ‘3’ stands for 3 beats per measure and the ‘4’ tells us that each beat is a quarter note. This means that the notes in each measure will add to three quarter notes.
See if you can spot the three quarter note beats in this line of music.
Now here it is with the beats labelled.
