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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. American march music - Wikipedia

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    8 marches produce a more dance-like, swing beat that is more prominent and exaggerated than its cut-time cousin. A 6 8 march can be recognized immediately by its common "da-bah-da-bah" or "DA-da-DA-da" sound. An example of a 6 8 march is "The Washington Post March", also by Sousa. 2 4 time is much like cut-time, except fewer notes appear in a ...

  4. Waltz - Wikipedia

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    4, 8 4 and 11 4 are found. In modern bal folk, waltzes in even higher metres are played and danced. Estonian folk dance Labajalavalss (flat of the foot waltz) performed in 3 4 time. [27] Sama'i (also known as usul semai) is a vocal piece of Ottoman Turkish music composed in 6/8 metres. This form and metre (usul in Turkish) is often confused ...

  5. Musical notation - Wikipedia

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    8 (twelve beats per bar, with each beat being an eighth note; in practice, the eighth notes are typically put into four groups of three eighth notes. 12 8 is a compound time type of time signature). Many other time signatures exist, such as 2 2. Many short classical music pieces from the classical era and songs from traditional music and ...

  6. Duple and quadruple metre - Wikipedia

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    Duple metre (or Am. duple meter, also known as duple time) is a musical metre characterized by a primary division of 2 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 2 and multiples (simple) or 6 and multiples (compound) in the upper figure of the time signature, with 2. 2 (cut time), 2. 4, and 6. 8 (at a fast tempo) being the most common examples.

  7. Quintuple meter - Wikipedia

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    8, by writing triplets on each beat of a simple quintuple signature, or by regularly alternating meters such as 6 8 + 9 8. Another notational variant involves compound meters, in which two or three numerals take the place of the expected numerator. In simple quintuple meter, the 5 may be replaced as 2+3 8 or 2+1+2 8 for example. [1] A time ...

  8. Ballade No. 1 (Chopin) - Wikipedia

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    A distinguishing feature is its time signature. While the other three ballades are written in strict compound duple time with a 6 8 time signature, Ballade No. 1 bears deviations from this. The introduction is written in 4 4 time, and the more extensive Presto con fuoco coda is written in 2 2 or 4 4. The rest of the piece is written in 6 4 ...

  9. Mass in B minor - Wikipedia

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    4 time signature, polonaise rhythms. Et in Spiritum Sanctum; Aria (Bass) in A major with oboi d'amore obbligati, no autograph tempo marking, 6 8 time signature. William H. Scheide has argued that it is a parody of the sixth movement of the lost wedding cantata Sein Segen fließt daher wie ein Strom, BWV Anh. I 14 (=BWV 1144). [78]