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triple time
" It is much the best way... to lay the emphasis on the first part of the bar in triple time, and on the first and third parts of the bar in common time."
William Billings

Meaning of "triple time" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF TRIPLE TIME

triple time


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRIPLE TIME

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Triple time is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TRIPLE TIME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Triple metre

Triple metre is a musical metre characterized by a primary division of 3 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 3 or 9 in the upper figure of the time signature, with 3/4, 3/2, and 3/8 being the most common examples. The upper figure being divisible by three does not of itself indicate triple metre; for example, a time signature of 6/8 usually indicates compound duple metre, and similarly 12/8 usually indicates compound quadruple. It is reasonably common in ballads and classical music but much less so in traditions such as rock & roll and jazz. The most common time in rock, blues, country, funk, and pop is quadruple. Although jazz writing has become more adventurous since Dave Brubeck's seminal Time Out, the majority of jazz and jazz standards are still in straight quadruple time. Triple time is common in formal dance styles, for example the waltz, the minuet and the mazurka. Movements in triple time characterized the more adventurous approach of 17th- and 18th-century music, for example the Sarabande, which originated in Latin America and appeared in Spain early in the 16th Century, became a standard movement in the suite during the baroque period.

Definition of triple time in the English dictionary

The definition of triple time in the dictionary is musical time with three beats in each bar.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRIPLE TIME

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WORDS THAT END LIKE TRIPLE TIME

ahead of time · all the time · at one time · at the same time · big time · from time to time · full time · in good time · in no time · in the fullness of time · in the nick of time · in time · local time · on time · once upon a time · opening time · real time · short time · summer time · the big time · time

Synonyms and antonyms of triple time in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «triple time» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRIPLE TIME

Find out the translation of triple time to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of triple time from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «triple time» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

三拍子
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

el triple
570 millions of speakers
en

English

triple time
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ट्रिपल समय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوقت الثلاثي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

тройной время
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

o triplo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ট্রিপল সময়
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

trois temps
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Masa tiga kali
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Dreiertakt
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

三拍子
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

트리플 시간
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Telung wektu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thời gian ba
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மூன்று முறை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

तीन वेळा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Üçlü zaman
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

tempo triplo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

potrójne czas
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

потрійний час
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

triplu timp
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τριπλό χρόνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drieslagmaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trippel tid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trippel tid
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about triple time

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William Billings
It is much the best way... to lay the emphasis on the first part of the bar in triple time, and on the first and third parts of the bar in common time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRIPLE TIME»

Discover the use of triple time in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to triple time and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Social Dance: Steps to Success
As mentioned earlier, the triple swing is synonymous with terms such as triple- time swing, triple rhythm, triple step swing, and the East Coast swing. It is typically used with slow swing music. The triple swing rhythmic step pattern is more difficult ...
Judy Patterson Wright, 2013
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Comic Book Artist
1 STAR GUY: Ooh. That's nice! TRIPLE TIME: Very fragrant. (They both collapse.) STANLEY: Blossom, uh... Blossom! They're on our side. BLOSSOM: Oops! l guess it's time for my all-natural, completely 5 organic home remedy. (Flutters a leaf ...
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Adventures of a Comic Book Artist
1 STAR GUY: Stanley... STANLEY: Right. Draw. (Sits on the block again and begins drawing furiously. Soon TRlPLE TlME pops up behind him.) TRIPLE TIME : (APPEARS from behind a block.) l'm Triple Time! 5 STANLEY: lt worked again!
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The Core Repertory of Early American Psalmody
Triple-Time Tunes A second discovery made by eighteenth-century psalmodists was that sacred texts could be sung in iambs ( J J ), the pattern that most easily fits the accents of English words, and hence "overwhelmingly the commonest type ...
Richard Crawford, 1984
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Meter in Music, 1600-1800: Performance, Perception, and Notation
"The common name of Triple time is taken hence, that the whole or half of the bar is divisible into three parts, and beat accordingly, the first time down, the second time with the return of the hand, and at last with the hand quite up ...
George Houle, 1987
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Adams' new musical dictionary of fifteen thousand technical ...
Triple time. Triple. Threefold; treble. Triple Counterpoint. Counterpoint ia three parts, all of whieh are invertible. Triple Croehe. (.Fre.) A denuEemi- quaver (20). Triple Dotted Note. A note wh»«« length is inereased seven eighths of its original  ...
John Stowell Adams, 1865
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The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell
Like Bess of Bedlam, most of Purcell's multi-sectional works contain a mix of passages in duple time and in triple time. In his editions of Purcell's odes and symphony songs, Bruce Wood argues that these contrasting metres can often be linked ...
Dr Rebecca Herissone, 2013
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The Scots Magazine ...
Plate, NO V. The first, fourth, and fifth bars. are triple time ; the second and third are common; and, after the strain is thrice repeated,- the whole ends in two bars of common time, as they are marked along with the notes. Another example of ...
‎1760
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Dance and Music of Court and Theater: Selected Writings of ...
Duple-time has two beats per measure, and triple-time has three: It is first then to be observ'd, that in the general Rule for Measures and Time in Musick, two sorts of Movements are only made use of, viz. Common Time, and Triple Time, for on ...
Wendy Hilton, 1981
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Grammar of Gregorian and Modern Music
There are, then, different sorts of time, called common, and triple, compound- common, and compound-triple time. The particular time of every piece is marked at its signature. If the bar contain one semibreve, or other notes of the same amount ...
Richard Hackett, 1865

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRIPLE TIME»

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Ohio Legislator Calls for Triple Time for Thanksgiving Retail
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A lawmaker in Ohio wants stores in the state to pay triple wages for employees who work on Thanksgiving -- an effort that comes as Macy's ... «DailyFinance, Nov 14»
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