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  2. Time signature - Wikipedia

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    Most time signatures consist of two numerals, one stacked above the other: The lower numeral indicates the note value that the signature is counting. This number is always a power of 2 (unless the time signature is irrational), usually 2, 4 or 8, but less often 16 is also used, usually in Baroque music. 2 corresponds to the half note (minim), 4 to the quarter note (crotchet), 8 to the eighth ...

  3. Metric modulation - Wikipedia

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    Examples of metric modulation may include changes in time signature across an unchanging tempo, but the concept applies more specifically to shifts from one time signature/tempo to another, wherein a note value from the first is made equivalent to a note value in the second, like a pivot or bridge.

  4. List of musical works in unusual time signatures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of musical compositions or pieces of music that have unusual time signatures. "Unusual" is here defined to be any time signature other than simple time signatures with top numerals of 2, 3, or 4 and bottom numerals of 2, 4, or 8, and compound time signatures with top numerals of 6, 9, or 12 and bottom numerals 4, 8, or 16.

  5. Septuple meter - Wikipedia

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    A time signature of 21 8, however, does not necessarily mean that the bar is a compound septuple meter with seven beats, each divided into three. This signature may, for example, be used to indicate a bar of triple meter in which each beat is subdivided into seven parts. In this case, the meter is sometimes characterized as "triple septuple ...

  6. Alla breve - Wikipedia

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    Examples of time signatures for alla breve Examples of time signatures for common time. Alla breve [alla ˈbrɛːve] – also known as cut time or cut common time – is a musical meter notated by the time signature symbol (a C with a vertical line through it), which is the equivalent of 2 2. [1]

  7. Additive rhythm and divisive rhythm - Wikipedia

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    8 time Additive rhythm 3+3+2 8 time. 1 whole note = 8 eighth notes = 3 + 3 + 2. The term additive rhythm is also often used to refer to what are also incorrectly called asymmetric rhythms and even irregular rhythms [citation needed] – that is, meters which have a regular pattern of beats of uneven length. For example, the time signature 4

  8. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Monday, January 13

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    The words in this category precede a common four-letter noun (hint: the noun typically refers to a small and elongated invertebrate that spends most of its time underground).

  9. Category:Time signatures - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Time signatures" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...