a meter time signature in which the top number includes or is a fraction
Fractional time signature
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Asymmetrical meter
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usually, time signatures with 5 or 7 as the top number
Asymmetrical time signature
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usually, time signatures with 5 or 7 as the top number
Barline
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a vertical line drawn across the staff to mark off measures of a particular length, containing a number of notes whose total…
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…
Common time
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the time signature 4/4 See common time in Elements of a Musical Score see in Time Signatures
Complex time signature
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a time signature such as 4+2+3 / 8
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…
Duple meter
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a time signature, with an even number of beats 2/2, 4/2, 6/8…