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common time

noun

Meaning

  1. A meter of four quarter notes per measure.
  2. The ordinary pace of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

four-four time(English)common measure(English)simple quadruple time(English)cut time(English)quarter(English)compound time(English)quarter rest(English)quarter note(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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