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quadruple time
noun
Music.
- a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- the rhythm created by use of this measure.
quadruple time
noun
- musical time in which there are four beats in each bar
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quadruple time1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
We’re really asking people to give us quadruple time for this.
From Salon
The first sound on the album is the quick, quiet rustle of the drummer Jason McGerr’s cymbals, quadruple time over what will emerge as the beat.
From New York Times
These were always put into rhythmic form, and the measures, sometimes in triple and sometimes in quadruple time in many varieties, were invariably indicated by means of accentuation.
From Project Gutenberg
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