duple time

Duple time means anything that divides into 2.

The contrasting trio section is in D major and in duple time.

As described by Arbeau it is in duple time.

Six Pianos is also notable by being one of Reich's only pieces in duple time.

The finale is a lively dance in duple time, making much use of pentatonic scales and modes.

The opening melody of the work is light and in duple time, it is accompanied with a 3/4 left hand accompaniment.

This is danced in duple time, and as described by Arbeau has a similar structure to the double branle.

This fast rondo (marked 'presto') is in G minor in duple time.

While the other three are written in strict compound duple time, with a 6/8 time signature, Ballade No. 1 bears deviations from this.

Duple time is common in many styles including the polka, notorious for its obvious "oom-pah" duple feel.

The Krakowiak is a fast, syncopated Polish dance in duple time from the region of Krakow and Little Poland.

The music is characterized by the use of triple metre, sometimes compound duple time, and the lyrics consist of verses in strophic form with intercalated choruses.

This establishes a dotted-quarter note pulse in duple time: each measure is formed from two dotted-quarter note pulses, each pulse divided into three eighth notes.

Polka is a dance in duple time that became popular across Europe in the 19th century and spread across the world, influencing music from Mexico to Japan.

Time signatures indicating two beats per bar (whether it is simple or compound) are called duple time; those with three beats to the bar are triple time.

The hymn was originally written in duple time but, to facilitate the canonic counterpoint, Bach adopted triple time with a minim beat, at half the speed of the bass.

Complexity is added as Brahms uses a favourite technique, found throughout his works, with triple time in one voice--in this case, triplets in the right hand--against duple time in the other.

"Pokarekare Ana" was originally written predominantly in triple time, with the verse in duple time, but has been more commonly heard in duple time since World War II.

Although this practice undermined Amu's theory of a constant basic rhythm (or pulse) in African music, and generated debate, Nketia pointed out that the constant use of triplets in a duple time signature was misleading.

In modern musical parlance, a hemiola is a metrical pattern in which two bars in simple triple time (3/2 or 3/4 for example) are articulated as if they were three bars in simple duple time (2/2 or 2/4).

Moreover, because the original version was composed in duple time (i.e. in a time signature of 2/4) as compared to the present quadruple time (4/4), it is uncertain if this will either slow down or even double the music's speed, making it difficult for singers to keep up with the music.

The text, 'Omnis terra adoret te'('All the earth worships thee'), evokes a majestic tempo, emphasized by long notes and rests at the end of the movement, preceding the evidently joyful 'Et psallat tibi, in duple time, marked légèrement (one of the 'time-words' discussed below).

Shakespeare's close contemporary John Dowland did not go in much for variety of tone: from one of his songs to another, the biggest difference is likely to be whether the lamentation takes place in duple time or triple - whether, in other words, the voice is slowly dancing a pavane or a galliard.