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Definition of Four-four time
1. Noun. A time signature indicating four beats to the bar.
Definition of Four-four time
1. Noun. (music) A meter or rhythm with four beats to a measure and four beats to a whole note. Specifically simple quadruple time or common time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Four-four Time
Literary usage of Four-four time
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music Notation and Terminology by Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1914)
"The second change mentioned would eliminate such blind and misleading expressions
as "two-four time," "three- four time," "four-four time," "six-eight time ..."
2. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"four-four time is often called common time and С is often written in place of
four-four at the beginning of the piece to indicate See ..."
3. The Pianoforte and Its Acoustic Properties by Siegfried Hansing (1904)
"So, for instance, the prime receives four-four time, and the fourth, accordingly,
three-four time. As the ear distinguished the waltz from the polka by the ..."
4. Studies in Musical History by Louis S. Davis (1887)
"In the case of two-four or four-four time, the accent falls upon the first and
second half of the bar, and in three-four time, upon the first beat alone. ..."
5. Crown Hymnal: Containing English and Latin Hymns; Masses; Litanies; Funeral by L J Kavanagh, James M McLaughlin (1912)
"It is formed by a union of the measures of duple time and of triple time as
four-four time, six-eight time, nine-eight time, twelve-eight time, etc., etc. ..."
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