Quadruple meter

Quadruple meter (or quadruple metre, also known as quadruple time) is a musical meter characterized in modern practice by a primary division of 4 beats to the bar (Anon. 2001), usually indicated by 4 in the upper figure of the time signature, with 4/4 being the most common example.

References

• Anon. 2001. "Quadruple Time". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.