II Dividing time Rhythm is about time. We can divide or cut up time in any way we like. When thought of that way, the way we spend or divide our time seems important.
Rhythms are important.
In music, time is divided by measures or bars. The nature of these measures is described by the time signature. Each note in the measure will be assigned a value based on the time signature. In this case both are the number 4. The four on top indicates that each measure will get four beats.