QUARTER 1:
MUSIC
Module
2 Rhythm: Different
Time Signature
Lesson 1
JESTY M. GEPANAGO
MAPEH TEACHER
Prayer
Heavenly Father and Your Beloved Son Jesus
Christ, Thank you for another life to enjoy,
another day to learn, and a new set of things we
will experience. As we go through our lessons
today, may let us be instruments to do good
things. Help us be obedient, honest, and kind to
one another. Amen.
You already learned about notes and rests and their values in
the previous lesson. This lesson will continue to expand your
music exposure to the movement and value of notes that give
life to music. Today you will learn about time signatures.
There is an established time signature in each song or
music piece.
The time signature (also known as meter signature or
measure signature) is used in Western musical notation to
specify how many beats are grouped in a measure and which
note will be equivalent to a beat.
Rhythm varies according to a given time signature. The
time signature is written at the beginning of the staff after the
clef and the key signature.
What’s In
Direction: Identify the kinds of notes and rests found in the
following musical lines:
1.
4.
2.
5.
3.
What’s New
Basic Time Signatures
Did you know that in music we can use
varied time signatures?
A time signature is found at the beginning
of a piece of music, after the clef and the key
signature. It is a numerical indication of a piece
showing the meter. It consists of two numbers;
the upper and the lower number. The upper
number tells the number of beats in every
measure. The lower number tells the kind of note
that receives one beat.
Directions: Study the basic time signatures below and
answer the questions that follow.
1. What are the basic time
signatures?
2. What kind of note receives
one beat in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4
time signatures?
3. In 4/4 time signature, how
many beats are there in every
measure?
4. How many beats are there in
every measure in 2/4 time
signature?
5. In 3/4 time signature, how
many quarter notes are there
in a measure
Activity 1
Songs have different time signatures. That’s what makes them different from
one another. Analyze the following songs: Pamulinawen, Ili-ili Tulog Anay and Hear
the Bells. Pamulinawe
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1. What is the time signature of the song Pamulinawen?
2. What are the different kinds of notes found on the first staff?
3. What kind of note receives one beat in time signature?
4. Which note has the shortest duration
2 in the second staff?
5. Which note has the longest duration in the second staff?
6. How many beats are there in each measure?
4
7. How many dotted notes are found in the musical score?
Ili-Ili Tulog Anay
1. What is the time signature of the song Ili-ili Tulog Anay?
2. What are the different kinds of notes/rests found in the musical score?
3. What kind of note receives one beat in 3/4 time signature?
4. In what beat did you start singing?
5. What did you notice on the first measure?
6. What did you notice on the last measure?
7. Which note has the shortest duration in the second staff?
8. Which note has the longest duration n the second staff?
9. How many beats are there in each measure in ¾ time signature ?
Hear the Bells
1. What symbol did you see after
a G-clef and a flat sign?
2. What time signature has this
symbol?
3. What are the different kind of
notes found in the musical score.?
4. What kind of notes receive one
beat in ¾ time signature?
5. Which note has the
longest/shortest duration?
6. How many beats are thee in
each measure in 4/4 time
signature?
What is It
1. What is the time signature of the song,
Pamulinawen?
2. What is the time signature of the song Ili-Ili Tulog
Anay?
3. What is the time signature of the song Hear the
Bells?
4. What note receives one beat in 2/4, ¾ and 4/4 time
signatures?
5. What note has the longest duration in 2/4, ¾ and
4/4 time signatures?
6. What rest has the longest duration in 2/4, ¾ and 4/4
time signature?
7. In 2/4, ¾ and 4/4 time signatures, how many beats
are there in every measure?
What’s More
The Time Signature
The time signature gives you a way to notate your music so
that you can play the music from scores and hear its melody. The melodic
progression and organizational patterns of beats as indicated by the time
signature is how you hear and feel the meter of a musical piece.
Generally expressed as a fraction with the denominator defining the beat
as a division of a whole note and the numerator giving the number of
beats in each bar.
The basic time signatures are 2/4 , 3/4 , and 4/4 . These
are commonly used in musical score as presented in music lessons.
The 2/4 time signature is a march rhythm while a 3/4 time
signature is a waltz rhythm.
The 4/4 time signature is also called common time signature.
( )
A. Direction: Identify the time signature of the rhythmic patterns below
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
B. Directions: Fill out the missing word. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. In _______ time signature, there are two beats in a measure and
_______ gets one beat.
2. In _______ time signature, there are three beats in a measure and
a quarter note gets _______beat.
3. In 4/4 time signature, there are four beats in a _______ and a quarter
note gets one _______.
What I Have Learned
Time signature tells us how the music is to be counted.
It is written at the beginning of the staff after the clef and the
key signature.
A time signature consists of two numbers; the upper and the
lower number. The upper number tells the number of beats
that should be in each measure. The lower number tells the
kind of note that receives one beat.
The 2/4 time signature is a march rhythm while a ¾ time
signature is a waltz rhythm.
The 4/4 time signature is also called the common time
signature.
What I Can Do
Directions: Write the time signature for each melodic pattern
below. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. 4.
.
2. 5.
.
3.
Assessment
Directions: Read and understand each item carefully. Write
the letter of the correct answer on a separate sheet of paper.
Additional Activities
Thank you for Listening
JESTY M. GEPANAGO