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Meanings of common time in English

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Time signature in Western music notation.

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        Catalan
        compàs de quatre per quatre

        A time signature indicating four beats to the bar.

              compàs de quatre per quatre
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              Examples for "common meter"
              Examples for "common meter"
              1
              The only large sample of tunes we had access to was hymns, so we started generating common -meter hymns.
              Wired
              Usage of common time in English
              1
              Above rings a barbarous cry, in defiance of common time and rhythm.
              Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
              2
              At the word, they move out, shoulder to shoulder, at common time.
              Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
              3
              Three minutes is a very common time length for a song.
              Wired
              4
              The following verses from Shenftone belong likewise to common time:
              The Botanic Garden. Part II. / Containing the Loves of the Plant...
              5
              From common time, they have passed to quick time-nowthey march at the double-quick.
              Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
              6
              Whole generations of common time are now crowded into the span of a few years.
              History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
              7
              Maybe chimes to tell us a common time.
              The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
              8
              Also, we used a common time so that we could find the difference between our local noons.
              Wired
              9
              The most common time to start feeling unwell is at 6-to-8 weeks.
              Radio NZ
              10
              Those scruples may befit a common time.
              The Countess Cathleen
              11
              Investigate the possibility of introducing a process to synchronise all high speed recorders to a common time standard.
              News.com.au
              12
              It had been less than two weeks in common time since Raj Ahten launched his attack on Heredon.
              The Lair of Bones
              13
              The beginning of April appeared to be the most common time for the car to sink-normally in midafternoon.
              American Gods
              14
              Remote patient monitoring, or telehealth, is a common time-saving strategy used by hospitals and doctors for nearly a decade.
              Reuters
              15
              For those who took endowments of metabolism, it became difficult to speak to people who lived in common time.
              Brotherhood of the Wolf
              16
              It had been a day and a half in common time since he'd entered the Mouth of the World.
              The Lair of Bones
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              United Kingdom
              Common