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The bottom figure in Time Signatures

What's the bottom figure for?

In music, the bottom number of a time signature tells you what kind of note gets one beat. For example, if the bottom number is 4, then a quarter note gets one beat. It helps you understand how to count the music and what the rhythm feels like.

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Clear the Butcher Bird from the 'Not Just Noise' Quest pantomime

Session Ten:

Bottom Figure of The Time Signatures

There are not as many numbers for a composer to choose for the Bottom Figure.
The composer can choose.

2

4

8

16

The Note with that Number in it’s fraction name will be worth one beat.
The one beat movement for that note is walk.
The character for the walk is Mac.
The one beat music-time-word is Taa.
The one beat line pattern is __________.

If 2 is chosen this note face will be worth one beat.

1/2 half-note (minim)

If 4 is chosen this note face will be worth one beat.

1/4 quarter-note (crotchet)

If 8 is chosen this note face will be worth one beat.

1/8 eighth-note (quaver)

If 16 is chosen this note face will be worth one beat.

1/16 sixteenth-note (semi-quaver)

If 2 is the chosen figure for the Bottom Figure, the half-note (minim) is the one beat note, it will be the note that uses the walk movement and the music-time-word taa.

Then the other movements would be made by these notes.

If 4 is the chosen figure for the Bottom Figure, 1/4 quarter-note (crotchet) is the one beat note, it will be the note that uses the walk movement and the music-time-word taa.

Then the other movements would be made by these notes.

If 8 is the chosen figure for the Bottom Figure, the eighth-note (quaver) is the one beat note, it will be the note that uses the walk movement and the music-time-word taa.