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it depends on the time signature. for example if the time is 4/4 then there can be four notes

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Q: Indicates how many notes and what kind are in a measure?
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What kind of notes are in a measure and how many?

it depends on the time signature. if it's 4/4 then there are 4 beats per measure. it could be one whole note, two half notes, or four quarter notes - you could go on and on. it all depends on the time signature [amount of beats per measure] though.


What measure signature indicates that a measure will receive four equal?

first of all, 4 quarter notes? four half notes? anyway, to answer your question, if one measure receives 4 quarter notes, it would be like this.... 4 beats in a measure: 4 quarter note gets one beat: 4 So the bottom number is what type of note gets one beat, and the top number states how many beats in one measure.


What is 6 8 time in music?

For any time signature, the first, or top number indicates how many beats are in one measure. The second, or bottom number indicates what kind of note is worth one beat. 6/8 indicates that there are six beats per measure and an eighth note gets one beat. A poem like "Humpty Dumpty" travels in 6/8 time.


How many whole notes does it take to equal 24 notes?

This question is incomplete and impossible to answer. 24 of what kind of note?


What does a time signature tell us?

The top number indicates the number of beats per measure, and the bottom number indicates what note value gets one beat.


How many notes go in a 7 8 time signature of music?

As many as you want, just as long as all the notes plus rests in any single measure don't add up to more than the equivalent of seven eighth notes.


How many eighth notes can fit into a measure of 4 4?

In four/four time, four quarter notes can fit into one measure.


What does the Upper Number do in time signature?

The top number indicates the number of beats per measure. The bottom number indicates what type of note gets the beat. For example, the time signature of 3/4 means three quarter notes per measure.


How many quarter notes are in a measure played in 44?

If you mean 4/4, the second or bottom 4 means quarter notes. The first or top number answers your question.


What is the full meaning of 4 4 time signature?

44 time is meaning how many of what note. 4 4 time means 4 beats in one measure that are quarter notes, split quarter notes or doubled quarter notes. (half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, etc.) Hope this answered your question!!


The two numbers written at the beginning of a composition make up the?

The time signature. The top note is how many beats in a measure, the bottom is what type of note gets a beat. For example, 4/4: four notes in the measure, quarter notes gets a beat.


How many beats does a sixteenth not triplet get?

If it is 4/4 time, then it gets 1/4 of that quarter note. So meaning there would be 16 sixteenth notes in a measure if you filled the bar with sixteenth notes.