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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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Example Sentences

We’re really asking people to give us quadruple time for this.

From Salon

The first sound on the album is the quick, quiet rustle of the drummer Jason McGerr’s cymbals, quadruple time over what will emerge as the beat.

These were always put into rhythmic form, and the measures, sometimes in triple and sometimes in quadruple time in many varieties, were invariably indicated by means of accentuation.

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