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Time Signatures Are Conventions
- Time signatures are conventions to help musicians count music, not absolute rules of composition.
- Bluey's theme can be interpreted multiple valid ways depending on how you group beats and pauses.
Teach Bluey’s Shouts By Counting Options
- Count the Bluey theme both as three bars of 4/4 plus a 5/4 bar and alternatively as continuous 4/4 with pauses to decide what fits your use.
- Use the pause (fermata) or an extra beat to mark the shouted names when teaching kids when to shout.
Flexible Grouping Creates Musical Play
- Musical pieces often change grouping so they can sound like different rhythms at once.
- Composers and arrangers exploit flexible counting to create playful or surprising effects.