common time
a meter or tempo of four beats per measure, with each of four quarter notes receiving a single beat. Symbol: C
Origin of common time
1- Also called common measure.
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How to use common time in a sentence
The first movement is in common time, but the composer gave it no heading.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. ShedlockThe C, with a line through it, certainly did not distinguish common time from triple.
Is the time of the music generally common time, triple time, or irregular?
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Carl EngelDenoting common time; the former indicating four crotchets to the bar, the latter two minims to the bar.
But be it here noted, there is no such a thing as a hora mundi or common time for the whole world.
British Dictionary definitions for common time
music a time signature indicating four crotchet beats to the bar; four-four time: Symbol: C
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