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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 ...
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.
The verse of the theme to Valley of the Dolls uses the time signatures 4 4, 3 4, 2 4, 4 4, 4 4, effectively producing 17 4. The rhythmic proportions of Stockhausen's Klavierstück IX are governed by the Fibonacci series, resulting in time signatures of e.g. {{Time signature|21|8}}, {{Time signature|34|8}}, {{Time signature|42|8}}, {{Time ...
Quadruple metre (also quadruple time) is a musical metre characterized in modern practice by a primary division of 4 beats to the bar, [2] usually indicated by 4 in the upper figure of the time signature, with 4 4 (common time, also notated as ) being the most common example. Shown below are a simple and a compound quadruple drum pattern.
It is a short step from accepting 4/4 (and not 11/4) as the time signature of that Passacaglia to insisting that any single occurrence of a bar with some odd time signature also belongs in the list. The emphasis here is clearly on the manner of notation, not the sound of the music (see also the Telemann example from the so-called "Gulliver ...
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