the bottom number tells you which kind of note counts as 1 beat. 4 means quarter note, 8 means eighth note.

the top number tells you the number of beats in each measure. you should be able to feel the 1, the downbeat. the top number tells you how often that comes around.

so a time sig of 3/4 for example means that the quarter note is the main beat, and there are 3 per measure, like a waltz.

don’t think of it as a fraction! it’s not a fraction at all!!

has the bass or treble cleff to the left of the music sheet and there are sharps and flats to the left of the treble or bass clef depending on what instrument you play, flats look like b’s and sharps look like these #

order of flats is beadgcf

b=f scale

b,e=b flat scale

bea=e flat scale

bead=a flat scale

beadg=d flat scale

beadgc=g flat scale

beadgcf=c flat scale

order of sharps fcgdaeb

f#=key f g or g scale

f# and c#=d scale

F#,c#,G#=a scale

F#C#G#D#=e scale

f# C# G#D#A#=b scale

F#C#G#D#A#E#=f# scale similar to g flat scale

F#C#G#D#A#E#B#=C# all notes are sharp

go to the link at the bottom its an example of a time signature its a treble clef and its showing d scale

If you paid attention in class you’d do even better.