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quadruple time

noun

, Music.
  1. a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
  2. the rhythm created by use of this measure.


quadruple time

noun

  1. musical time in which there are four beats in each bar
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of quadruple time1

First recorded in 1895–1900

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