
Beats that are not articulated (because they contain more than one beat or because of ties, rests, or dots) receive parentheses around their counts. Rhythms in compound meters get different counts based upon their division unit.Time signatures in compound meters express two things: how many divisions are contained in each measure (the top number), and the division unit- which note gets the division (the bottom number).There are different conducting patterns for duple, triple, and quadruple meters these are the same in both compound and simple meters.You can determine these groupings aurally by listening carefully and tapping along to the beat. Duple meters have groupings of two beats, triple meters have groupings of three beats, and quadruple meters have groupings of four beats.



Compound meters are meters in which the beat divides into three and then further subdivides into six.
