duple
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The duple meter laid down by his feet would have knocked against the rhythm of whatever melody or text was running through his mind.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2018
As Mario jumps from platform to platform—a stunt that causes real anxiety in players—the music mixes percussive triplets with a syncopated duple melody.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2015
And the mathematical proportions applied to meter changes — two units in duple time equal three in triple time — generally led to slower tempos.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2013
A typical Joplin rag has a disciplined arrangement of repeats and returns not unlike that of the march, and a similar duple tune signature.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first is in duple, the second is in triple feel.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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