Help to identify the key and time signatures

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Hello,

I am trying to write in Finale the score of "The Littles" intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ls5K0bSfj0

But I do not know which key and time signature is.

I suppose that it is in C or G major and I do not know the time signature.

Please, Can you help me?.

Thanks in advance.

[Peter Thomsen]

To me the key sounds like G Major.

As time signature, you could use 4/4
- or 4/2 if you prefer the bigger note values.

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Thanks for reply!.

Please, Can you tell me if I am wrong?, I think the rhythm is similar to this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiESxDvac2c

Is also 4/2 or 4/4?

[Peter Thomsen]

Thanks for reply!.

Please, Can you tell me if I am wrong?, I think the rhythm is similar to this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiESxDvac2c

Is also 4/2 or 4/4?

Yes, you are right.
You can notate the time signature as 4/4 or as 4/2 - that is a matter of taste.
An 8th in 4/4 corresponds to a 4tr in 4/2.

Geddit?

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No, please Can you put an example?.

The tu-tu-pa of the rhythm is 4/2?.

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I understand the time signature, but What is 4tr?.

[Peter Thomsen]

Oops! sorry!
I am so used to these abbreviations that I forget, they may not be obvious to everyone.

By my abbreviation ‘8th’ I mean ‘Eighth’.

By my abbreviation ‘4tr’ I mean ‘Quarter’.

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Ok, Thanks Peter!.