triple measure

Word Origin

noun, Music.

triple time.

triple time

noun, Music.

time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.

Also called triple measure, triplex.

Origin of triple time

1655-1665

First recorded in 1655-65

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A stately dance in triple measure, dating from the 17th century.

The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen Roger Finlay
The Trio, in D, has a theme in triple measure, but the middle sentence has the displaced accents of the Minuet.

Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work Stephen Samuel Stratton
I have none in the house now; but if ye come on the morrow ye shall have a triple measure.

Wild Wales George Borrow

British Dictionary definitions for triple measure

triple time

noun

musical time with three beats in each bar

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