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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. Swing music - Wikipedia

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   Bennie Moten and the Kansas City Orchestra showcased the riff-propelled, solo-oriented form of swing that had been developing in the hothouse of Kansas City. [20] [21] Emblematic of the evolving music was the change in the name of Moten's signature tune, from "Moten Stomp" to "Moten Swing". Moten's orchestra had a highly successful tour in late ...

4. Country-western two-step - Wikipedia

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   Country-western two-step. The country/western two-step, often called the Texas two-step[2] or simply the two-step, [3] is a country/western dance usually danced to country music in common time. "Traditional [Texas] two-step developed, my theory goes, because it is suited to fiddle and guitar music played two-four time with a firm beat [found in ...

5. Classic rag - Wikipedia

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   In idealized form, the classic rag has the following structure: It is set in 2/4 time. It starts with a four-bar introduction. It continues with a pair of 16-bar themes, in the following sequence: An initial theme (or A strain). A repeat of the A strain. A second theme (or B strain). A repeat of the B strain. A restatement of the A strain.

6. Magnetic Rag - Wikipedia

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   Joplin also employed in "Magnetic Rag" the classic "common time" 4/4 time signature instead of the more usual 2/4 time of rag tunes. Simultaneously, Joplin doubled all the note values, effectively making the unusual 4/4 time signature have no practical effect on the way the piece sounded or the way it was performed.

7. Metre (music) - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; ... in the time signature 2 4, each bar contains two (2) quarter-note (4) beats. In the time signature 6 8, ...