The Emergence Machine

Time Signature

property · Music · Level 12 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

time-signature emerges from measure-music. It requires sound.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “time signature” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “time signature”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
time signature
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L4L2L1L0Time SignatureBeatMusicalPerformanceOrganismSymbol… intermediate l…DurationFormInformationLifeActionChangeMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBar MusicL13Measure MusicL13TupletL13Meter MusicL15Time SignatureL12SymbolL4BeatL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Symbol L4 (requires)
    A symbol indicating the meter and number of beats per measure in a musical composition.
  • Beat L11 (requires)
    A symbol indicating the meter and number of beats per measure in a musical composition.

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