common time

English

Noun

common time (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• 4/4

Coordinate terms

• cut time

Translations

4/4 — see 4/4

Further reading

• common time on Wikipedia.Wikipedia