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{{short description|Musical metre}}
[[Image:Simple duple drum pattern.png|thumb|right|350px|Simple duple drum pattern: divides each of two beats into two {{Audio|Simple duple drum pattern.mid|Play}}]]
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[[Image:Characteristic rock drum pattern.png|thumb|right|350px|Simple quadruple drum pattern: divides each of four beats into two {{Audio|Characteristic rock drum pattern.mid|Play}}]]
'''Duple metermetre''' (or Am. '''duple metremeter''', also known as '''duple time''') is a musical [[metre (music)|metre]] characterized by a ''primary'' division of 2 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 2 and multiples ([[Simple meter|simple]]) or 6 and multiples ([[Compound meter (music)|compound]]) in the upper figure of the [[time signature]], with {{music|time|2|2}} ([[Alla breve|cut time]]), {{music|time|2|4}}, and {{music|time|6|8}} (at a fast tempo) being the most common examples. Though it must, the upper figure being divisible by two does not of itself indicate duple metre; for example, a time signature of {{music|time|6|8}} usually indicates compound duple metre though it may locally emphasize simple triple, such as the famous example of [[Leonard Bernstein]]'s song "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]" from ''[[West Side Story]]''.▼
 
Shown below are a simple and a compound duple drum pattern.
▲'''Duple meter''' (or '''duple metre''', also known as '''duple time''') is a musical [[metre (music)|metre]] characterized by a ''primary'' division of 2 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 2 and multiples (simple) or 6 and multiples (compound) in the upper figure of the [[time signature]], with {{music|time|2|2}} (cut time), {{music|time|2|4}}, and {{music|time|6|8}} (at a fast tempo) being the most common examples. Though it must, the upper figure being divisible by two does not of itself indicate duple metre; for example, a time signature of {{music|time|6|8}} usually indicates compound duple metre though it may locally emphasize simple triple, such as the famous example of [[Leonard Bernstein]]'s song "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]" from ''[[West Side Story]]''.
 
:<score sound="1" override_midi="Simple duple drum pattern.mid">
[[Image:Compound duple drum pattern.png|thumb|right|350px|Compound duple drum pattern: divides each of two beats into three {{Audio|Compound duple drum pattern.mid|Play}}]]
\new Staff <<
[[Image:Compound quadruple drum pattern.png|thumb|right|350px|Compound quadruple drum pattern: divides each of four beats into three {{Audio|Compound quadruple drum pattern.mid|Play}}]]
\new voice \relative c' {
\clef percussion
\numericTimeSignature
\time 2/4
\set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
\stemDown \repeat volta 2 { g4 d' }
}
\new voice \relative c'' {
\override NoteHead.style = #'cross
\stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a a }
}
>></score>
 
:<score sound="1" override_midi="Compound duple drum pattern.mid">
{{music|time|4|4}} is the most common time signature in [[Rock music|rock]], [[blues]], [[Country music|country]], [[funk]], and [[Pop music|pop]].<ref name="Schroedl">Schroedl, Scott (2001). ''Play Drums Today!'', p.42. Hal Leonard. ISBN 0-634-02185-0.</ref> Although jazz writing has become more adventurous since [[Dave Brubeck]]'s seminal ''[[Time Out (album)|Time Out]]'', the majority of jazz and jazz standards are still in straight four time.▼
\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
\clef percussion
\numericTimeSignature
\time 6/8
\set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4. = 80
\stemDown \repeat volta 2 { g4. d' }
}
\new voice \relative c'' {
\override NoteHead.style = #'cross
\stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a a a a }
}
>></score>
 
Though the upper number ''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.
Duple time is common in many styles including the [[polka]], notorious for its obvious "[[oom-pah]]" duple feel. Compare to the [[waltz]].▼
 
▲{{music|time|4|4}} is theThe 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 = 0-634-02185-0. }}</ref> Although jazz writing has become more adventurous since [[Dave Brubeck]]'s seminal ''[[Time Out (album)|''Time Out]]'']], the majority of jazz and jazz standards are still in straight"common fourtime" ({{music|time|4|4}}).
Tunes in duple metre tend to be less lyrical and more martial than those in [[triple meter|triple]]. For example, the [[United Kingdom|British]] national anthem, "[[God Save the Queen]]," is in triple metre, as is that of the [[United States]], "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]," but this is highly unusual for national anthems, as almost all are in march time.
 
▲Duple time is common in many styles including the [[polka]], notoriouswell known for its obvious "[[oom-pah]]" duple feel. Compare to the [[waltz]].
'''''Binary measure''''' refers to [[common time]].
 
==Quadruple metermetre==
'''Quadruple metermetre''' (or quadruple metre, also known as ''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 [[File:Commontime inline.png{{music|11px]]common-time}}) being the most common example.
 
Shown below are a simple and a compound quadruple drum pattern.
 
:<score sound="1" override_midi="Characteristic rock drum pattern.mid">
\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
\clef percussion
\numericTimeSignature
\time 4/4
\set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
\stemDown \repeat volta 2 { g4 d' g, d' }
}
\new voice \relative c'' {
\override NoteHead.style = #'cross
\stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a a a a a a }
}
>></score>
 
:<score sound="1" override_midi="Compound quadruple drum pattern.mid">
\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
\clef percussion
\numericTimeSignature
\time 12/8
\set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4. = 80
\stemDown \repeat volta 2 { g4. d' g, d' }
}
\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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