time signature
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From its 1974 debut album to 2015, when the band played a farewell show at the Forum, Rush was the standard-bearer for elaborate, multi-part songs full of falsetto hollers, time signature changes and drum solos.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023
The time signature appears to shift and the scale drifts in and out of familiarity.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023
Meanwhile, adding to the sense of crisis, albeit on a different time signature, Venice continues to sink as sea levels rise.
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022
The song is in the time signature 7/8, whereas most songs written for any medium in the last two centuries are more traditionally 4/4.
From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2021
For example, in a 2/4 time signature, there are two beats in a measure with the quarter note receiving one beat or one count.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
