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four-four time

noun

  1. music a form of simple quadruple time in which there are four crotchets to the bar, indicated by the time signature Often shortened tofour-four Also calledcommon time
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“Rap was a school for me, the possibility to express what I was feeling in four-four time,” he said.

Turns out that orchestras play the anthem in three-quarter time, not in four-four time, as I sing it at ballgames.

“Marche Slave” begins as an ordinary funeral march, timpani and lower strings tolling four-four time.

Broadly speaking, the notes forming a single beat of the measure should be united in one hook, but very commonly two beats have one hook between them, especially in four-four time.

You will discover that this beautiful piece of music is written in four-four time, beginning on the downward beat.

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