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  2. 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

  3. Half-time (music) - Wikipedia

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    2, also known as cut time or cut-common time (); etc. In popular music, half-time is a type of meter and tempo that alters the rhythmic feel by essentially doubling the tempo resolution or metric division/level in comparison to common-time. Thus, two measures of 4 4 approximate a single measure of 8 8, while a single measure of 4/4 emulates 2/2 ...

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    The custos was commonly used in handwritten Renaissance and typeset Baroque music. cut time Same as the meter 2 2: two half-note (minim) beats per measure. Notated and executed like common time (4 4), except with the beat lengths doubled. Indicated by . This comes from a literal cut of the symbol of common time.

  5. American march music - Wikipedia

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    Many cut-time marches use heavy syncopation to create rhythmic interest. Because passing tones in most cases are shorter than marches in a different meter, cut-time marches tend to sound faster. An example of a cut-time march is "Stars and Stripes Forever" by Sousa. 6 8 time marches are played "in two", meaning the dotted quarter-note gets the ...

  6. Clave (rhythm) - Wikipedia

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    3–2 clave (Play ⓘ) and 2–3 clave (Play ⓘ) written in cut-time. In Cuban popular music, a chord progression can begin on either side of the clave. When the progression begins on the three-side, the song or song section is said to be in 3–2 clave. When the chord progression begins on the two-side, it is in 2–3 claves.

  7. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    Studio slang describing every quarter-note being struck on the bass drum or 'kick drum' of a trap drum kit, typically with force and usually in a 4/4 derived time signature.'Disco' music of the mid-1970's employs this pattern almost exclusively on the majority of that genre's most iconic dance songs. fuzz bass

  8. Timing (music) - Wikipedia

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    Research in music cognition has shown that time as a subjective structuring of events in music, differs from the concept of time in physics. [2] Listeners to music do not perceive rhythm on a continuous scale, but recognise rhythmic categories that function as a reference relative to which the deviations in timing can be appreciated.

  9. Son cubano - Wikipedia

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    Thus, other types of popular Cuban music and other Latin styles of music continue using the essential style of the son. [37] Another important contribution of the son was the introduction of the drum to mainstream music. The increase in popularity of the son unveiled the potential of music with Afro-Cuban rhythms. This led to the development ...