four-four time

British  

noun

1. Also called: common time.  Often shortened to: four-four.  music a form of simple quadruple time in which there are four crotchets to the bar, indicated by the time signature

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four-four time

Turns out that orchestras play the anthem in three-quarter time, not in four-four time, as I sing it at ballgames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2019

It was simple, Byrd discovered, "to play a very full jazz solo with this stuff; you can do a great deal that you can't do with regular four-four time."

From Time Magazine Archive

To eavesdrop on their casual musicianship and their ad-lib ease is to hear a hopeful teen heart, circa 1962, beating in good-rockin' four-four time.

From Time Magazine Archive

You will discover that this beautiful piece of music is written in four-four time, beginning on the downward beat.

From Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales by Taylor, Robert L.

The beats were in four-four time, with the third beat slightly accented.

From A Voyage to Arcturus by Lindsay, David