duple

/ˈdjuː.pəl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈduː.pəl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdü-pəl also ˈdyü-/ (ame, mw)

duple — adjective

  • duplepositive
  • duplercomparative
  • duplestsuperlative

1. describing a musical meter in which each bar is divided into two beats — the tim

1.形容詞C1
釋義

describing a musical meter in which each bar is divided into two beats — the time signature 2/4 is the most common example, and the rhythm feels like a steady march or a simple dance.

例句

The children marched around the playground to a simple duple beat on the drum.

collocation: duple beat

Ms. Novak had the class clap to the duple rhythm of the folk song.

collocation: duple rhythm

同義詞
  • binary

    Sometimes used interchangeably in older music theory texts, but binary more often describes musical form (A–B structure) rather than meter.

反義詞
  • triple

    A meter with three beats per bar, e.g. a waltz in 3/4 time.

文法句型

duple + noun (time / meter / rhythm)

用法筆記

Used almost exclusively before a musical noun (time, meter, beat, rhythm). The opposite meter is triple (three beats per bar). Do not confuse duple with double — duple names the number of beats, while double refers to twice the note values.

常見錯誤

❌The song is in duple' (using it alone as a noun).
✅The song is in duple time.
💡Duple is an adjective and must modify a musical noun.
❌The piece moves from duple to double meter.
✅The piece moves from duple to triple meter.
💡The opposite of duple is triple (3 beats per bar), not double.