music using different time signatures simultaneously
Polymetric
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Broken time
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the interposition of short sections (general only a bar or two) in a contrasting time signature; unusual time signatures that…
Changing time signatures
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see in Time Signatures
Common time
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the time signature 4/4 See common time in Elements of a Musical Score see in Time Signatures
Cut time
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quick duple time in which the half note is given one beat instead of two See cut time in Elements of a Musical Score see in T…
Nontraditional time signatures
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time signatures using values other than 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12 for the top number
Time Signature
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A symbol placed at the left side of the staff indicating the meter of the composition. See time signature in Elements of a Mu…
Asymmetrical time signature
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usually, time signatures with 5 or 7 as the top number
Bergamasca
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Italian
a sixteenth and seventeenth century dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider…