*IMG Time signatures (with rollovers)* The time signature is the pulse of the music. It is written as the 2 numbers at the start of a bar *IMG paradiddle Why subdivide the note value to less than a whole beat? To make it easier to read. Eg. *IMG 5SR 6834 If the Five Stroke Soll is notated in 3/4 time it is harder to pick out the pulse.