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Shown below are a simple and a compound duple drum pattern.
 
:<score %vorbissound="1"%%T257066% override_midi="Simple duple drum pattern.mid" lang="lilypond">
\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
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>></score>
 
:<score %vorbissound="1"%%T257066% override_midi="Compound duple drum pattern.mid" lang="lilypond">
\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
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\new voice \relative c'' {
\override NoteHead.style = #'cross
\stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a a a a }
}
>></score>
 
Though it must, the upper figurenumber being''must be'' divisible by 2, the mere fact that 2 evenly divides the upper figure does not in and of itself indicate a duple metre; it is only a prerequisite.
 
The most common time signature in [[Rock music|rock]], [[blues]], [[Country music|country]], [[funk]], and [[Pop music|pop]] is {{music|time|4|4}}.<ref name="Schroedl">{{cite book |last = Schroedl, |first = Scott (|year = 2001). ''|title = Play Drums Today!'', p.|page = 42. |publisher = Hal Leonard. {{ISBN|ISBN = 0-634-02185-0 }}.</ref> Although jazz writing has become more adventurous since [[Dave Brubeck]]'s'' [[Time Out (album)|''Time Out]]'']], the majority of jazz and jazz standards are still in four"common time" ({{music|time|4|4}}).
 
Duple time is common in many styles including the [[polka]], notoriouswell known for its obvious "[[oom-pah]]" duple feel. Compare to the [[waltz]].
 
==Quadruple metermetre==▼
'''''Binary measure''''' refers to [[common time]].
'''Quadruple metermetre''' (also ''quadruple time'') is a musical metermetre characterized in modern practice by a primary division of 4 &nbsp;beats to the bar,<ref>Anon.{{cite dictionary |year = 2001. "|title = Quadruple Time".time ''|dictionary = [[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second]] |edition, edited= by2nd |editor1-first = S. |editor1-last = Sadie |editor1-link = [[Stanley Sadie]] and|editor2-link = [[John Tyrrell (professormusicologist) of|editor2-first = J. music)|Johneditor2-last = Tyrrell]]. |place = London:, UK |publisher = Macmillan Publishers.}}</ref> usually indicated by 4 in the upper figure of the [[time signature]], with {{music|time|4|4}} (''common time'', also notated as {{music|common-time}}) being the most common example.▼
 
▲==Quadruple meter==
▲'''Quadruple meter''' (also ''quadruple time'') is a musical meter characterized in modern practice by a primary division of 4 beats to the bar,<ref>Anon. 2001. "Quadruple Time". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by [[Stanley Sadie]] and [[John Tyrrell (professor of music)|John Tyrrell]]. London: Macmillan Publishers.</ref> usually indicated by 4 in the upper figure of the [[time signature]], with {{music|time|4|4}} (''common time'', also notated as {{music|common-time}}) being the most common example.
 
Shown below are a simple and a compound quadruple drum pattern.
 
:<score %vorbissound="1"%%T257066% override_midi="Characteristic rock drum pattern.mid" lang="lilypond">
\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
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\new voice \relative c'' {
\override NoteHead.style = #'cross
\stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a a a a a a }
}
>></score>
 
:<score %vorbissound="1"%%T257066% override_midi="Compound quadruple drum pattern.mid" lang="lilypond">
\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
\clef percussion
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\new voice \relative c'' {
\override NoteHead.style = #'cross
\stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a a a a a a a a a a }
}
>></score>
 
 
==Sources==
{{reflist|25em}}
 
{{Musical meter}}
{{Rhythm and meter}}
{{Musical notation}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duple meter}}
[[Category:Time signatures]]
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