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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. Algebraic fraction - Wikipedia

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    Algebraic fraction. In algebra, an algebraic fraction is a fraction whose numerator and denominator are algebraic expressions. Two examples of algebraic fractions are and . Algebraic fractions are subject to the same laws as arithmetic fractions. A rational fraction is an algebraic fraction whose numerator and denominator are both polynomials.

  4. Quintuple meter - Wikipedia

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    4 is mixed with other meters, regularly or irregularly: 5 4 alternates with 6 4 for eight bars, then two of 6 4 and one pair of 5 4 + 6 4, ending with twelve bars of 6 4; 5 4 alternates regularly with 6 4 throughout (effectively 11 4) regular alternation of 5 4 and 6 4 until the final two bars, which are 5 4 and C; irregular mixture of 5 4, 6 4 ...

  5. Unit fraction - Wikipedia

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    A unit fraction is a positive fraction with one as its numerator, 1/ n. It is the multiplicative inverse (reciprocal) of the denominator of the fraction, ...

  6. Multiplication and repeated addition - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics education, there was a debate on the issue of whether the operation of multiplication should be taught as being a form of repeated addition.Participants in the debate brought up multiple perspectives, including axioms of arithmetic, pedagogy, learning and instructional design, history of mathematics, philosophy of mathematics, and computer-based mathematics.

  7. Septuple meter - Wikipedia

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    218 as 74 with 3 subdivisions. Septuple meter (British: metre) or (chiefly British) septuple time is a meter with each bar (American: measure) divided into 7 notes of equal duration, usually 74 or 78 (or in compound meter, 218 time). The stress pattern can be 2+2+3, 3+2+2, or occasionally 2+3+2, although a survey of certain forms of mostly ...

  8. List of musical works in unusual time signatures - Wikipedia

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    The main verse pattern contains a total of 29 beats, split into two 7 4 measures, a single bar of 8 4, followed by a one bar return of 7 4 before repeating the pattern. [113] Chaconne by Andrew Violette, at measures 55 and 109. [114] Custer and Sitting Bull by Kyle Gann, in measure 166 of part 3. [115] "Damage Control" by John Petrucci has ...

  9. Plastic ratio - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the plastic ratio is a geometrical proportion close to 53/40.Its true value is the real solution of the equation x 3 = x + 1.. The adjective plastic does not refer to the artificial material, but to the formative and sculptural qualities of this ratio, as in plastic arts.