three-four time

British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: three-four.  Also called (esp US and Canadian): three-quarter time.  music a form of simple triple time in which there are three crotchet beats to the bar, indicated by the time signature

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Example Sentences

The structure of the waltz is little more than movement in three-four time, a very natural human rhythm, so natural you hardly need to think about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

In the Ravel second half of the program, two waltz-centered scores preceded “Bolero,” which, though a Spanish dance form, also happens to be in three-four time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2018

With his heart beating in three-four time, Tackett finished the set, then met Haynes.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2015

David plays for Saul in his tent; the music runs in a march in three-four time, soars to the song of the shepherd�the Twenty-Third Psalm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Absolutely Slavonic, though a local dance of the province of Mazovia, the Mazurek or Mazurka, is written in three-four time, with the usual displaced accent in music of Eastern origin.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James