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Skill: Triple Meter, 3/4

Not all songs have time signatures of 4/4. This one is in 3/4, which means that there are the equivalent of 3 quarter notes in each measure. We can get the feel of this meter by counting 123 123 with a stress on beat 1, the downbeat. 3/4 is considered to be waltz time. Most songs can be considered to be either in duple meter or triple meter. Duple meter songs have 2 or 4 beats in a measure, and you can march to them. Triple meter songs have either 3 beats or a multiple of 3. You'll notice how much different a song in triple meter feels than one in duple meter.

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