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music-glossary: time signature

 
 1.313 time signature
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 ES: indicación de compás, I: segni di tempo, F: métrique, chiffrage
 (chiffres indicateurs), indication de mesure, D: Taktangabe, Angabe der
 Taktart, NL: maatsoort, DK: taktangivelse, S: taktartssignatur, FI:
 tahtiosoitus.
 
    The sign placed at the beginning of a composition to indicate its
 meter.  It most often takes the form of a fraction, but a few signs
 derived from mensural notation and proportions are also employed.
 
 
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    mensural notation, mensuration sign, meter.
 

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