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{{short description|Musical metre}}
{{Image frame|content=<score vorbis="1" override_midi="Simple duple drum pattern.mid" lang="lilypond">▼
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'''Duple metre''' (or Am. '''duple meter''', 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.▼
Shown below are a simple and a compound duple drum pattern.
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\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
Line 12 ⟶ 18:
\stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a a }
}
>></score>
\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
Line 24 ⟶ 31:
\new voice \relative c'' {
\override NoteHead.style = #'cross
\stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a
}
>></score>
▲'''Duple metre''' (or Am. '''duple meter''', 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 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.
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">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''[[Time Out (album)|Time Out]]'', the majority of jazz and jazz standards are still in four time.▼
▲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=
Duple time is common in many styles including the [[polka]], notorious for its obvious "[[oom-pah]]" duple feel. Compare to the [[waltz]].▼
▲Duple time is common in many styles including the [[polka]],
==Quadruple metre==
'''Quadruple metre''' (also ''quadruple time'') is a musical metre characterized in modern practice by a primary division of 4
{{Image frame|content=<score vorbis="1" override_midi="Characteristic rock drum pattern.mid" lang="lilypond">▼
▲
\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
Line 50 ⟶ 57:
\new voice \relative c'' {
\override NoteHead.style = #'cross
\stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a a
}
>></score>
>></score>|width=300|caption=A simple quadruple drum pattern}}▼
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\new Staff <<
\new voice \relative c' {
\clef percussion
Line 63 ⟶ 72:
\new voice \relative c'' {
\override NoteHead.style = #'cross
\stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a
}
>></score>
▲ >></score>|width=300|caption=A compound quadruple drum pattern}}
▲'''Quadruple metre''' (also ''quadruple time'') is a musical metre 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.
==Sources==
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{{Musical meter}}
{{Rhythm and meter}}
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[[Category:Time signatures]]
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