Need to calculate the number of bars in a piece of recorded music?
Look no further.
Use a metronome (I use the Metrotimer App ) to get your beats per minute. Derive the total time from the time counter numbers in iTunes or another playback app (or use a stopwatch…)
The time signatureA symbol written at the beginning of a piece of music indicating the number of beats in each measure and the type of note that receives one beat. is almost always going to be “4” these days – until the Waltz comes roaring back into fashion…
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