 | Term | Definition |
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meter |
the grouping of beats into units known as measures |
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duple-meter |
meter with two beats |
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tripe-meter |
meter with three beats |
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common simple meter time |
4/4 |
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alla breve |
cut time, 2/2 |
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simple meter |
meter signatures that use simple beats units |
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compound meters |
meter signatures that use compound beat units; i.e. the upper number is six or larger, and is evenly divisible by three, |
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metrical (metric) rhythmic patterns |
rhythmic patterns that conform to the regular recurring stress patterns indicated by the meter signature |
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syncopation |
rhythmic patterns that do not conform the regular metric accents, thereby stressing weak beats or weak portions of a beat; achieved by tying or sustaining notes that occur on weak beats into strong ones |
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