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The easiest way to do this is to listen to the piece, lightly tapping your finger to the beat...

Now the harder part is to find where the strong beat falls and to decide whether this is in Simple or in Compound time. try counting along with your tapping and feel the strong beat.

If you are feeling 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 it is in 2/4 Simple Duple Time

If you are feeling 1+a 2+a 1+a 2+a it is in 6/8 Compound Duple Time

1 2 3 1 2 3 it is in 3/4 Simple Triple Time

1+a 2+a 3+a it is in 9/8 Compound Triple Time

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 it is in 4/4 (common time) Simple Quadruple Time

1+a 2+a 3+a 4+a it is in 12/8 Compound Quadruple Time

Duple time will often feel quicker and lighter than 4 / 4

Triple time will feel 'waltz like'

Quadruple Time will feel march like

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You can usually see the key signature after the clefs.

It shows and signifies whether a certain note is a sharp or a flat key all throughout the music sheet.

For example, it shows that all B in the music sheet will be in a flat key unless specified to b e neutral.

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This is a tricky one to explain over the internet, but here goes...

Every song has a pulse, 1....2....3.....4..... and so on. The most common time signatures are 4/4, 3/4 and 12/8. I will try to explain these below:

4/4 = four beats in the bar and can usually be counted '1...2...3...4, 1...2...3...4.. etc'

3/4 = three beats in the bar, this is a waltz feel '1...2...3, 1...2...3, 1...2...3 etc'

12/8 = twelve half beats in a bar '1...2...3, 4...5...6, 7...8...9, 10...11...12 etc'

4/4 tends to be more pop/rock

3/4 waltzs, this is fairly noticeable

12/8 ballads and 80's music (not always, just an example)

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Two numbers, one over the other. The top one represents how many beats count per measure while the bottom number refers to what notes are assigned a length.

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The beat of notes in a bar

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