simple time

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simple time (duple, time, triple time, quadruple time, etc.). Time in which each beat in a measure has a simple note value, e.g. 3/4 means 3 quarter-note (crotchet) beats in a measure, 4/2 means four half-notes (minims) in a measure. Each beat has two equal subdivisions. See also compound time and time signature.

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