Examples 4a - Simple Meters

Using the following examples, determine:

• the characteristic that all simple meters have in common
• what the top and bottom numbers mean in a simple time signature
• what duple, triple, and quadruple mean when describing a meter
• “theoretically ideal” beaming in simple meters
• a list of common meters in simple duple, simple triple, and simple quadruple
• the common beat-counting system that we’ll be using in this course (written in the “Simple Quadruple” example)