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Grade Five Music Theory - Lesson 3: Time Signatures Exercises (UK)
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Time Signatures - Exercise 1
Give each of these time signatures its technical name (e.g. "compound duple"):
       
Time Signatures - Exercise 2
3/2 represents 3 minim beats per bar. 6/4 represents 2 dotted minim beats per bar. What do the following time signatures represent?
       
Barlines - Exercise 3
Put in the missing barlines in the following passages, which all begin on the first beat of the bar:
   
Time Signatures - Exercise 4
Look at the following extracts and decide if the time signature is simple, compound or complex , then write in a suitable time signature. Which notes help you to decide?
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Time Signatures - Exercise 5
- Which 3 simple time signatures can have a lower number 8 ?
- How can you tell the difference between 2/2 and 4/4?
- How can you tell the difference between 3/2 and 6/4?
- How can you tell the difference between 3/4 and 6/8?
Exercise 6
Rewrite the following without changing the rhythmic effect.
  
Exercise 7
Rewrite the following without changing the rhythmical effect. State the number/type of beats per bar in each case, before you begin.
   
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