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Line 1: {{short description\|Musical metre}} {{More citations needed\|date=November 2019}} '''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. :<score ~~vorbis~~sound="1" override_midi="Simple duple drum pattern.mid~~" lang="lilypond~~"> \new Staff << \new voice \relative c' { Line 18 ⟶ 20: >></score> :<score ~~vorbis~~sound="1" override_midi="Compound duple drum pattern.mid~~" lang="lilypond~~"> \new Staff << \new voice \relative c' { Line 29 ⟶ 31: \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. Though it must, the upper figure being divisible by 2 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]]''. 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]], ~~notorious~~well known for its obvious "[[oom-pah]]" duple feel. Compare to the [[waltz]]. ~~'''''Binary measure''''' refers to [[common time]].~~ ==Quadruple metre== '''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.~~{{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 (~~professor~~musicologist) of\|editor2-first = J. ~~music)~~\|~~John~~editor2-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. Shown below are a simple and a compound quadruple drum pattern. :<score ~~vorbis~~sound="1" override_midi="Characteristic rock drum pattern.mid~~" lang="lilypond~~"> \new Staff << \new voice \relative c' { Line 57: \new voice \relative c'' { \override NoteHead.style = #'cross \stemUp \repeat volta 2 { a8 a a a a a a a } } >></score> :<score ~~vorbis~~sound="1" override_midi="Compound quadruple drum pattern.mid~~" lang="lilypond~~"> \new Staff << \new voice \relative c' { \clef percussion Line 71 ⟶ 72: \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]]