two-four
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It contained both 16-bar melodies that the audience was used to, and innovative 12-bar sections, and mixed regular two-four time with the Afro-Cuban habanera dance rhythm.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2012
Cleared to climb from level one-three zero to level two-four zero by time one-six four-five.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2010
The two-four time music resembled an outmoded march of the 1900's.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the engine-room two 6-cylinder combustion motors kept hammering away in a maddening two-four time.
From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
Sara quaked; only yesterday she had got all tangled up trying to tell the difference between three-four time and two-four time; and she knew Schlorge was wrong and the dreadful creature was right.
From The Garden of the Plynck by Florence Minard
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