five notes played in the time of four or six, according to the time signature
Quintuplet
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Quintuple
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a prefix indicating five elements, for example, quintuple time (the time signature 5/4, 5/8, and so on)
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…
Borrowed division
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a term used to describe when a note is divided into an unusual number of smaller notes, for example, when three quarter notes…
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…
Fractional time signature
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a meter time signature in which the top number includes or is a fraction