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The following preparations work very well for songs in duple meter if you sing them on the starting pitch that you want the children to come in on.

But if it's more comfortable to count "ONE-and-a-Two-and-a-ONE-and-a-Two-and-a," it's probably compound duple meter.

The duple meter laid down by his feet would have knocked against the rhythm of whatever melody or text was running through his mind.

In place of a Scherzo, it features a raucous furiant, a rustic dance that hurtles through constant changes from duple to triple meter.

A saltarello is a traditional Italian dance, usually in compound duple time.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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