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Duple metre (or Am. duple meter, also known as duple time) is a musical metre characterized by a primary division of 2 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 2 and multiples or 6 and multiples in the upper figure of the time signature, with 2 2 , 2 4, and 6 8 (at a fast tempo) being the most common examples.
If each bar is divided into two it is duple and if into three it is triple. Some people also label quadruple, while some consider it as two duples. Any other division is considered additively, as a bar of five beats may be broken into duple+triple (12123) or triple+duple (12312) depending on accent.
Simple meters are those whose upper number is 2, 3, or 4, sometimes described as duple meter, triple meter, and quadruple meter respectively. In compound meter , the note values specified by the bottom number are grouped into threes, and the upper number is a multiple of 3, such as 6, 9, or 12.
Music where two beats are combined is in duple meter, music where three beats are combined is in triple meter. Music where the beat is split in two are in simple meter, music where the beat is split in three are called compound meter. Thus, simple duple (2 4, 4 4, etc.), simple triple (3 4), compound duple (6 8), and compound triple (9 8).
This is a list of musical compositions or pieces of music that have unusual time signatures. "Unusual" is here defined to be any time signature other than simple time signatures with top numerals of 2, 3, or 4 and bottom numerals of 2, 4, or 8, and compound time signatures with top numerals of 6, 9, or 12 and bottom numerals 4, 8, or 16.
Duple and quadruple metre; M. Septuple meter; ... Undecuple meter This page was last edited on 2 February 2016, at 08:19 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Septuple meter can also be notated by using regularly alternating bars of triple and duple or quadruple meters, for example 4 4 + 3 4, or 6 8 + 6 8 + 9 8, or through the use of compound meters, in which two or three numerals take the place of the expected numerator 7, for example, 2 + 2 + 3 8, or 5 + 2 8. [3]
The majority of marches are written in duple meter, meaning they have two beats per measure (or two beats "to the bar"). Only a few marches are written otherwise (usually in 4/4 time), while still using the same two beats per measure tempo (see below). Several meters are used in marches, as follows: 2