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Compound Beat and Time Signatures
Applied Harmony and Counterpoint II
MUS 91, Fall 2000

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These examples are taken from Example 2-2 on p. 35 of our textbook.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game -- the compound time signature indicates a compound beat of two dotted quarter notes per measure. Each beat is divided into three eighth notes.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

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Down in the Valley -- the compound time signature indicates a compound beat of three dotted eighth notes per measure. Each beat is divided into three sixteenth notes.

Down in the Valley

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Pop Goes the Weasel --the compound time signature indicates a compound beat of two dotted half notes per measure. Each beat is divided into three quarter notes.

Pop Goes the Weasel

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Simple and Compound Meters