common time

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

common time (uncountable)

(music) A meter of four quarter notes per measure.
(military) The ordinary pace of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute.

Synonyms[edit]

4/4
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Coordinate terms[edit]

cut time

Translations[edit]

4/4 — see 4/4

Further reading[edit]

common time on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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