Time signatures and beam and rest groups

- [Instructor] Continuing with … our new score setup discussion, … we've reached the point where we're ready … to start setting up a time signature … for our score. … I'm going to scroll down just a little bit here. … So you can choose a time signature … from the list of preset time signatures here … on the new score setup window. … Or you can click the Other button … to create a time signature of your own … if you don't see what you need in the list. … Also, beneath each time signature option, … you'll see groups of small numbers separated by commas. … These indicate the beam and rest groups … for each time signature. … The simplest explanation is that these numbers represent … how your eighth notes will be beamed within each bar. … For example, the default for four times signature … that has four comma four listed below it, … indicates that its eighth notes will naturally … be beamed in two groups of four … But what if you wanted your eighth notes … to be beamed in four groups of two instead? …