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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.
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.
Compound triple: three beats to a bar, each divided by three, the top number being "9" (9 8, 9 16, 9 4) If the beat is divided into two the metre is simple, if divided into three it is compound. 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.
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.
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]
Triple metre (or Am. triple meter, also known as triple time) is a musical metre characterized by a primary division of 3 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 3 or 9 in the upper figure of the time signature, with 3 4, 3 8 and 9 8 being the most common examples. In these signatures, beats form groups of three, establishing a triple meter feel ...
Triple meter, such as 3 4, is often counted 1 2 3, while compound meter, such as 6 8, is often counted in two and subdivided "One-and-ah-Two-and-ah" [2] but may be articulated as "One-la-lee-Two-la-lee". [2] For each subdivision employed a new syllable is used. For example, sixteenth notes in 4