four-four time
Britishnoun
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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
The beats were in four-four time, with the third beat slightly accented.
From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
Nightspore felt a strong, silent throbbing of the air—a rhythmical pulsation, in four-four time.
From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
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