quadruple time

American  

noun

Music.

1. a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.

2. the rhythm created by use of this measure.

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quadruple time British  

noun

1. musical time in which there are four beats in each bar

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Etymology

Origin of quadruple time

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

We’re really asking people to give us quadruple time for this.

From Salon

The first sound on the album is the quick, quiet rustle of the drummer Jason McGerr’s cymbals, quadruple time over what will emerge as the beat.

From New York Times

These were always put into rhythmic form, and the measures, sometimes in triple and sometimes in quadruple time in many varieties, were invariably indicated by means of accentuation.

From Project Gutenberg