The Time Signature The time signature gives you a way to notate your music so that you can play the music from scores and hear its melody. The melodic progression and organizational patterns of beats as indicated by the time signature is how you hear and feel the meter of a musical piece. 4. 2 3 The basic time signatures are , and musical score as presented in music lessons. 4. These are commonly used in 2 The 4 time signature is a march rhythm while a waltz rhythm 3 4 time signature is a 4 4. The time signature is also called common time signature. (C). .​