METERS
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Note: Duple and quadruple meters are combined in the following list. This is because they are usually indistingushable when hearing the music, though the distinction may seem clear when looking at the time signature.
Simple Duple (2/4, 2/2 or cut time...)
and Simple Quadruple (4/4, 4/2,4/8...)
- Handel: Bouree from Water Music
- Prokofiev: Lt. Kije's Wedding
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K 453, III
- Mozart: Piano Sonata in B flat, K. 570, III
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, IV
Compound Duple (6/8, 6/4...)
and Compound Quadruple (12/8, 12/16... Also 4/4 with constant triplets, and some jazz and blues with a "swing")
- Offenbach: Barcarole
- Schumann, R: The Wild Horseman
- Lightning Hopkins: "Tell Me, Baby"
- Bach: Prelude 9 from Well Tempered Clavier, I
- Bach: English Suite No. 6, Gigue
- Beethoven: "Moonlight" Sonata, I
Simple Triple (3/4, 3/2...)
- Schubert: Unfinished Symphony: I
- Ravel: Bolero
- Stravinky: Firebird
- Bach: Prelude 17 from Well Tempered Clavier, I
- Haydn: Symphony No. 88, III
- Handel: Royal Fireworks, Minuet 1
- Handel: Royal Fireworks, Minuet 2
- Brubeck, D: "Blue Shadows"
- Bach: Prelude 20 from Well Tempered Clavier, I
- Clementi: Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1: II
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, II (5/4)
- Brubeck, D: Unsquare Dance 7/4: 2 + 2 + 3
- Traditional Greek Dance (Kalamatianos) 7/8: 3 + 2 + 2
- Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Alternating meters of 5 and 6 = 11