the next accent. Frequently metres can be subdivided into a pattern of duples and triples. For example, a 3 4 metre consists of three units of a 2 8 pulse...

its basis, common in Lutheran services. Cibell – Gavotte-like piece in duple metre. Concerto – Musical work where one or more solo instruments are contrasted...

signature; specifically, in triple time (for example in 3 4) the imposition of a duple pattern (as if the time signature were, for example, 2 4). See Syncopation...

meters are those whose upper number is 2, 3, or 4, sometimes described as duple meter, triple meter, and quadruple meter respectively. In compound meter...

and duple-pulse (4/4, 2/2) structures. In columbia, triple pulse is the primary structure and duple pulse is secondary. In yambú and guaguancó duple-pulse...

classical huapango is characterized by a complex rhythmic structure mixing duple and triple metres which reflect the intricate steps of the dance. When the...

compound duple meter. However, the two beat schemes interact within a metric hierarchy (a single meter). The triple beats are primary and the duple beats...

confidently played by horns and clarinets, with contrasting triple and duple rhythms, is one which was sketched by Elgar a few years before: this is...

Robbins Landon has remarked that at the start the theme is ambiguous between duple and triple time and between the keys of C minor and (what ultimately proves...

tresillo. The accent may be shifted from the first to the second beat in duple meter (and the third to fourth in quadruple), creating the backbeat rhythm:...

(though in duple rather than triple time), based on the following simple idea: Toward the end of the scherzo, there is "an astounding" passage of pianissimo...

have commented on its whirling dance-energy. The main theme is a precise duple time variant of the instrumental ritornello in Beethoven's own arrangement...

traditions of Donegal, where they are commonly called highlands. Unlike many duple-time tune types in the Irish tradition, Highlands are articulated with four...

for duple-pulse strokes. Also, the clave strokes are sometimes displaced in such a way that they don't fall within either a triple-pulse or duple-pulse...

in a measure, whether variably or equally stressed. Like the more common duple, triple, and quadruple meters, it may be simple, with each beat divided...

and sometimes badinerie to certain instrumental works in fast tempos in duple meter time signature, for example: The scherzo of Johann Sebastian Bach's...

dance in duple meter. Badinerie: a brief quick dance in 2 4 time that merged with the Scherzo to give rise to a movement of fast tempo in duple meter common...

notably the second occurrence of the downward unison motif is changed to duple time (mm. 381–384). The movement ends with a coda (m. 423) – with Beethoven...

work is light and in duple time, it is accompanied with a 3/4 left hand accompaniment. This waltz contains many virtuosic passages and a mesmerizing coda...

one beat. It derives from the broken circle that represented "imperfect" duple meter in fourteenth-century mensural time signatures. Alla breve / cut time...

sections in duple metre, often with some imitation, derived from the canzona tradition; (2) slow, expressive, homophonic sections in duple meter, related...

dotted rhythm, the Largo is serene, almost nocturne-like. Slow melody in duple metre and dotted rhythms give this movement the characteristics of a funeral...

Treble, Tenor & Bass Viols Problems playing this file? See media help. Slow duple metre (2 2 or 4 4) by the late 16th century, though there is evidence that...

measures, respectively). In both cases, "walking" refers both to the steady duple rhythm (one step after the other) and to the strong directional motion created;...

difficulty, the third movement features Krakowiak rhythms, a syncopated, duple-time popular dance in contemporary Kraków. It became one of the last pieces...

a musical genre, is a march, usually in a minor key, in a slow "simple duple" metre, imitating the solemn pace of a funeral procession. Some such marches...

third and fourth modes were really intended to represent the modern , with duple rhythms ( and , respectively). Devised in the last half of the 12th century...

which a majestic opening section in relatively slow dotted-note rhythm in duple meter is followed by a fast fugal section, then rounded off with a short...

with a brief codetta. The contrasting trio section is in D major and in duple time. The trio is the first time the trombones play. Following the trio...

also observes the music's complex metrical character, with combinations of duple and triple time in which a strong irregular beat is emphasised by powerful...