TIME SIGNATURE tells you how the music is to be counted. The time sigiature is written at the beginning of the staff after the clef and sy Signature 1. BARLINE is a vertical line thai divides the musical phrase into measure 2 MEASURE is where notes and rests are written and is divided by two bar lives 3. There are TWO (2 beats in a measure in time signature. 2 4. There are THREE (3) beats a measure in time signature. 5. There are FOUR (4 bears in a measure in time signature.