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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).
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]
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.
Quintuple meter or quintuple time is a musical meter characterized by five beats in a measure. They may consist of any combination of variably stressed or equally stressed beats. Like the more common duple , triple , and quadruple meters, it may be simple , with each beat divided in half, or compound , with each beat divided into thirds.
Triple time dances (1 C, 29 P) ... Duple and quadruple metre; M. Septuple meter; Triple metre; Quintuple meter; S. Sextuple metre; U. Undecuple meter