Duple [adjective]

The Pavan has been mentioned before, as the dance in Duple time which preceded the Galliard which was in a triple rhythm.

Duple time did not come into general use until the beginning of the fourteenth century.

Duple (sometimes called even measure, or even time), in which there are two beats, the first one being accented.

The principal compound measures are four-beat and six-beat, both being referred to as compound-duple measures.

In rapid tempi this is always taken as compound duple measure, a dotted quarter note having a beat.

In the latter part of the song there are a number of changes between duple and triple rhythm.

He recognizes two kinds of measure—triple or perfect, and duple or imperfect.

The general rhythm of the whole sonnet of which these two lines are the beginning is plainly duple rising, or iambic.

This, of course, means duple time only, and Bysshe recognizes no other.

In many bars it is almost impossible to distinguish whether the tune is triple or duple.