The organization of a musical composition’s pulse into a repeating three-beat pattern: 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 etc.
The regular grouping of beats into threes, as in a waltz.
Basic metrical pattern of three beats to a measure. This dance movement is set in triple meter, with three beats per measure (alternating one strong and two weak beats (1 - 2 - 3 | 1 - 2 - 3). Example: Haydn, Symphony No. 94 ( Surprise), third movement Real Audio: 28K | 56K | About this album
The grouping of beats into sets of three.
This metric adjective describes music written with three beats to each measure, as in a waltz.
Basic metrical pattern of three beats to a measure. Example: Haydn, Symphony No.94 "Surprise", third movement Real Audio: 28k | 56k | About this album This dance movement is set in triple meter, with three beats per measure, alternating one strong and two weak beats( - 2 - 3 | - 2 - 3).
Meter in which the beats can be grouped by threes.
Any meter that exhibits three main beats per measure. Triple meters may be either simple (beats are subdivided into 2) or compound (beats are subdivided into 3). See also duple meter; meter.
A meter consisting of three beats.
Beats grouped into a set of three.
Meter based on three beats, or a multiple of three, in a measure.
