time signature
noun
: a sign used in music to indicate meter and usually written as a fraction with the bottom number indicating the kind of note used as a unit of time and the top number indicating the number of units in each measure
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Penned by Noël Coward in the early 1930s, jazz vocalist Dinah Washington’s take on desire at a distance was produced and arranged by Jones and played by his orchestra as something slower and more simmering than its usual 4/4 time signature.
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A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Seldom settling for straightforward linearity or conventional structure, the group arranged sophisticated polyrhythms into the aural equivalent of jigsaw puzzles, and juggled scales and time signatures with profound dexterity.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
For starters, the time signature moves around a bit.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2024
Everything is off-balance, including the time signature, which is in 5/4.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Seldom settling for straightforward linearity or conventional structure, the group arranged sophisticated polyrhythms into the aural equivalent of jigsaw puzzles, and juggled scales and time signatures with profound dexterity.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
For starters, the time signature moves around a bit.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2024
Everything is off-balance, including the time signature, which is in 5/4.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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“Time signature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20signature. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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