three-quarter time

American  

noun

Music.

1. the meter of a musical composition having a time signature of 3/4 and three quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure.

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Example Sentences

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

“We bought so many ads in such a short period of time, it was running at halftime, quarter time, three-quarter time and postgame,” Mr. Wolfson said.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2018

It’s London in the Blitz and we go to three-quarter time with the 49ers on 10 points and the Vikings on no points.

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2015

The program — which includes operetta numbers, polkas and immortal Strauss dance tunes in three-quarter time — “makes you happy and joyful,” says Gösch, 32.

From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2014

It has an interesting metre, three-quarter time with the first note dotted.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert