Talk:Duple and quadruple metre
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Examples requested
editgive 5 example of triple meter song and give 5 example of duple meter song — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.206.122.103 (talk) 21:38, 29 June 2012
Duple v. triple in national anthems
editThe article currently states that
- the British national anthem, "God Save the Queen," is in triple metre, as is that of the United States, "The Star-Spangled Banner," but this is highly unusual for national anthems, as almost all are in march time.
"Highly unusual" and "almost all" are over-statements. Almost a third of European (EU+EFTA) national anthems, for example, are in triple metre (and by no means all of those that are in duple time are played alla marcia). -- Picapica (talk) 08:21, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
Missing distinction between duple and quadruple
editWhile the article goes listening examples for different time signatures and points out the notational differences, it fails to mark the musical differences as well. The examples choose to use equal beat times, resulting in different formal tempos. Hence, 4/4 and 2/2 sound exactly the same (apart from their respective absolute duration) and are indistinguishable. The average person will likely deduce that there is no difference at all. Doubaer (talk) 06:18, 2 September 2019 (UTC)