common time

noun — 2 senses

common time

noun
1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A meter of four quarter notes per measure.

2

Government, Military, Politics, War The ordinary pace of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute.

Synonyms
4/4, 𝄴
Coordinate terms
cut time

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