The following is an introduction to the beat types in music theory, which can be organized into tables in the following ways:

| Classification | Definition | Example |

| : - : | : - : | : - : |

| Single beat | A beat with two or three beats per bar | 2/4 beat, 3/4 beat, 2/2 beat, 4/3 beat, 2/3 beat, etc |

Beats composed of single beats of the same type | Four or four beats, eight or six beats, two or four beats, four or six beats, etc |

| Mixed beat | Beat composed of different single beats | May 4th beat (2+3), May 7th beat (2+3+2), August 7th beat (3+2+3), etc |

| Change the beat | In the process of music, different types of beats appear alternately | The same name, different rhythms, etc. appear alternately |

It should be noted that this is just a simple classification method. In fact, there are many other beat types in music theory, such as one beat, staggered beat and free beat.