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Duple

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Consisting of two; double.

adj. Music Consisting of two or a multiple of two beats to the measure.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Double.

adj. Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure.

adj. Having two beats in each foot.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Double.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Double.

To double.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

Word Usage

"Conductors should mark the changes, and conduct them (beating the half-note, as much as possible); singers need only keep an even quarter-note pulse, whether duple or compound, and follow the natural rhythm and accentuation of the text."

Equivalent

multiple

Cross Reference

duple rhythm duple ratio

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

double

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