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[[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}}]]
[[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 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 2/2 (cut time), 2/4, and 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 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]]''.
[[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}}]]
[[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}}]]
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.
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