duple

Example Sentences

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The duple meter laid down by his feet would have knocked against the rhythm of whatever melody or text was running through his mind.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2018

As Mario jumps from platform to platform—a stunt that causes real anxiety in players—the music mixes percussive triplets with a syncopated duple melody.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2015

And the mathematical proportions applied to meter changes — two units in duple time equal three in triple time — generally led to slower tempos.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2013

A typical Joplin rag has a disciplined arrangement of repeats and returns not unlike that of the march, and a similar duple tune signature.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, music for walking or marching is in duple meter and uses steady quarter notes, running music contains eighth notes, skipping music uses dotted rhythms, jumping music contains large interval leaps, and so forth.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin