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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] The term is Italian for "on the breve", originally meaning that the beat was counted on the breve (double whole note). [2]
Alla breve, the time signature 2 2 , takes its name from the note value breve. In the mensural notation of the Renaissance, it was an alternative term for proportio dupla , which meant that the brevis was to be considered the unit of time ( tactus ), instead of the usual semibrevis .
Alla breve / cut time This symbol represents 2 2 time—two beats per measure with a half-note representing one beat. Metronome mark This notation is used to precisely define the tempo of the music by assigning an absolute duration to each beat. This example indicates a tempo of 120 quarter notes (crotchets) per minute.
al or alla To the, in the manner of (al before masculine nouns, alla before feminine) alcuna licenza Used in con alcuna licenza, meaning (play) with some freedom in the time, see rubato alla breve In cut-time; two beats per measure or the equivalent thereof alla marcia In the style of a march alla polacca In the style of a polonaise, a 3 4 ...
In particular, when the sign was encountered, the tactus (beat) changed from the usual whole note (semibreve) to the double whole note (breve), a circumstance called alla breve. This term has been sustained to the present day, and though now it means the beat is a half note (minim), in contradiction to the literal meaning of the phrase, it ...
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