💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Compound meter"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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.). |
| trimeternoun | A line in a poem having three metrical feet. |
| measurenoun | A prescribed quantity or extent. |
| common timenoun | (music) A meter of four quarter notes per measure. |
| triple timenoun | A 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. |
| polymeternoun | Any 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. |
| trimetrenoun | Alternative 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. |
| pentametrenoun | Alternative form of pentameter. [(poetry, countable) A line in a poem having five metrical feet.] |
| triplexnoun | A building with three apartments or divisions. |
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