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Bar 5 lines and 4 music staff4/30/2024 What we do now is simply count the notes and every 2 crotchet beats, we draw a bar line. Steps 1 and 2 are about figuring out the time signature – in this case, it’s 2/4 and that means 2 crotchet beats in every bar. The steps to add bar lines are exactly the same as before. Just for an extra bit of challenge, no bar lines at all are given. So all we have to do now is draw a bar line after every 4 crotchet beats: ‘How to Add Bar Lines’ answer for example 1 The crotchet itself, of course, takes up exactly 1 full beat. Since the beat is a crotchet beat, the minim (the half note) takes up 2 beats. This example is fairly simple so we don’t need those other steps. Remember that one note can take up any amount of beats: from half a beat (or less), to 4 beats (or more). This is why it’s so important to consider the value of the beat. Notice that I didn’t say “Every 4 notes must be grouped into a bar” but “Every 4 quarter note beats”. Every 4 crotchet beats must be grouped into a bar. Step 3: Now that we know that every bar must have 4 quarter crotchet beats, count the note values. We get to this answer by dividing the semibreve (the whole note) by that bottom number: 4. That means that the beats are crotchets (in US terms, quarter notes). Step 2: The bottom number of the time signature is also 4. That means we’re dealing with 4 beats in every bar. Step 1: The top number of the time signature is 4. Let’s move in steps as outlined in the 6 points above: The given time signature is 4/4 and only the first bar line is written.
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