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COMPOUND TIME [2 records]

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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

Any musical metre not classifiable as simple time, in which the beat-unit divides into two.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
CONT

Mesures groupées. [...] L'allure de la phrase musicale montre que les mesures constituent chacune un temps et se groupent [...] par deux pour former une mesure à 6/4.

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
CONT

Compound times are simple ones plus an octave.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
CONT

Les intervalles tirent leurs noms du nombre de degrés qu'ils contiennent. [...] Ceux qui dépassent l'étendue d'une octave, la neuvième, la dixième, etc., sont dits redoublés.

Spanish

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