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Music Theory 3: Simple vs. Compound Time Signatures

This time we'll talk about the difference between simple and compound time signatures. We'll look at the most common time signatures and hopefully clear some of the confusion that comes with compound time signatures. The thing to keep in mind is that the top number in a compound time signature is not the number of beats in the bar. It's only the number of beats in the bar in simple time signatures. In compound time signatures you can divide the top number by 3 to find the number of beats in the bar. Simple time signatures have beats which are divisible by 2, crotchets or minims for instance. Compound time signatures have beats which are divisible by 3, dotted crotchets and dotted minims, for instance. The beat is always dotted in compound time signatures and it is not dotted in simple time signatures. If you are having trouble understanding why or what simple vs. compound means, it might be best not to try and find some mathematical reasoning behind it. Music is not a science, it is a language and art form. It wasn't invented by mathematicians and the way we write time signatures isn't entirely intuitive or logical. A time signature is just a symbol. It looks like a fraction, as if we could do some maths and figure what it means, but alas, it's not like that at all. Time signatures are written the way they are for no reason other than, that's just the way we write them. Any time signature means what it means for no reason other than, that's just the way we read them. Here's six or seven of the most common time signatures: Simple Duple: 2/4 and 2/2 Simple Triple: 3/4 Simple Quadruple: 4/4 Compound Duple: 6/8 and occasionally 6/4 Compound Triple: 9/8 Compound Quadruple: 12/8