four-four time

British  

noun

1. Also called: common time.  Often shortened to: four-four.  music a form of simple quadruple time in which there are four crotchets to the bar, indicated by the time signature

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Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Fitted to this heart-felt lyric of Watts, it opened with the words— O if my Lord would come and meet, in full harmony and four-four time, continuing to the end of the stanza.

From Project Gutenberg