Christmas Tree (Simple Time Signature no1)

This appealing worksheet with answer sheet is designed to practise:

• 2/4 metre (time signature)
• 3/4 metre (time signature)
• 4/4 metre (time signature)

Rhythms featured are:

• ta (crotchet / quarter note)
• ti-ti (quavers / eighth note)
• sa (crotchet rest / quarter note rest)
• too (minim / half note)
• tika-tika (semiquavers / sixteenth notes)

Question 1 - students discover which rhythm is 'the odd one out' then write in the time signature.

Question 2 - students add a '2', '3' or '4' to complete the time signature of given rhythms.

Question 3 - in this practical question, students have a range of difficulty levels to choose to complete. They range from clapping /tapping in 1-2 parts, performing ostinati and composing short melodies with given rhythms.