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Compound meter

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simple meternoun(music) meter with two subdivisions for every pulse
compound duplenoun(music) A metre with two beats, each divided into three.
bimeternoun(poetry) A meter wherein each line has two metrical feet.
common meternoun(hymnody) A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter.
asymmetric meternoun(music) meter with an irregular pulse (usually with the top number of the time signature being 5, 7, 11, etc.).
trimeternounA line in a poem having three metrical feet.
measurenounA prescribed quantity or extent.
common timenoun(music) A meter of four quarter notes per measure.
triple timenounA rate of pay that is three times the normal rate (for reasons such as working on a holiday or working hazardous duty).
short meternoun(hymnody) A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic lines, of which the first, second, and fourth are in trimeter, and the third in tetrameter.
polymeternounAny of several measuring devices.
cut timenoun(music) A meter of two minims (half notes) per measure.
tripodynoun(poetry) Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
trimetrenounAlternative form of trimeter. [A line in a poem having three metrical feet.]
polymetrenoun(music) The use of different metres or time signatures either simultaneously or in succession
compound timenoun(music) Time in which each bar is made up of two or more simple bars.
simple quadruple timenoun(music) A meter or rhythm with four beats to a measure and four beats to a whole note; specifically common time.
hemiolanoun(music) The articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time.
pentametrenounAlternative form of pentameter. [(poetry, countable) A line in a poem having five metrical feet.]
triplexnounA building with three apartments or divisions.

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