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Musical metres in which each measure is divided into 2 or 4 beats
Duple metre (or Am. duple meter, also known as duple time) is a musical metre characterized by a primary division of 2 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 2 and multiples (simple) or 6 and multiples (compound) in the upper figure of the time signature, with 22 (cut time), 24, and 68 (at a fast tempo) being the most common examples. Shown below are a simple and a compound duple drum pattern. Wikipedia