Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this video i'll explain how time signatures work for beginners or those looking for a quick refresher on how to approach any time signature you might encounter in a piece of music.

I'm Ruairi, and I'm a London based percussionist and composer and make tutorials and documentaries about music.

Timestamps:
00:00 : Intro
0:40 : The top number
1:08 : What is a bar in music?
1:33 : The bottom number
1:58 : The most common examples
3:35 : My formula for identifying time signatures
3:45 : Irregular time signatures
5:00 : Common time and cut-common time
6:24 : Time signatures with 32 on the bottom

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