triple meter
Waltz time signature
Triple meter is a rhythmic pattern in music where beats are grouped in threes, with emphasis typically falling on the first beat of each group: ONE-two-three, ONE-two-three.
Waltzes are the most familiar example.
Triple meter creates a lilting, dance-like quality distinct from the more march-like feel of duple meter.
Also called triple time.
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
- Viennese waltzRapid rotating ballroom dance
- Blue DanubeCelebrated Viennese waltz
- one two threeInitial counting sequence
- mazurkaPolish folk dance
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metric grouping
triple meterduple meter
Two-beat rhythmic pattern
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