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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three-quarter time

Yes, he wrote a saraband in its traditional three-quarter time, but it’s suspended, its feet hovering above the ground with a patient, forlorn, undanceable tune, played by Katia with sensitivity.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022

"It's gone, Fernando, it's gone," Scully says as the crowd roars, a phrasing Sampson says came in three-quarter time, like a waltz ... 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2016

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

That's what makes it fascinating, the way it plays out our national mood in three-quarter time.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2011

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 Rupert Hughes

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