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400: 381: 228: 209: 1385: 25: 1375: 369: 342:) is a musical metre characterized in modern practice by a primary division of 4 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 4 in the upper figure of the 249:
divisible by 2, the mere fact that 2 evenly divides the upper figure does not in and of itself indicate a duple metre; it is only a prerequisite.
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division of 2 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 2 and multiples (
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Shown below are a simple and a compound quadruple drum pattern.
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Shown below are a simple and a compound duple drum pattern.
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