The four-line staff works the same as the modern five-line staff. It was used hundreds of years ago for choral (vocal) music, mainly in the Church. Being that music at the time was written using a relatively limited melodic range, a fifth line wasn't needed.
Chat with our AI personalities
well meybe people should answer the DAME question, like for petes sake losers
If the time signature is 4/4 then you would rest for 2 beats. It looks like a little bar that sits on the 3rd line of the staff.
Cut time is a version of 4/4 that has been 'cut' to 2/2. This is very common in marching band type music and adds a different feel and count to the music.
a measure or if you mean the numbers before the staff starts (usually 4 with a 4 under it) then that's called time signature
What the answer