Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
rhythmes ternaires
English translation:
triple-time rhythms
Mar 15, 2004 14:57
20 yrs ago
French term
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rhythmes ternaires
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French to English
Art/Literary
Music
musical rhythms
Proposed translations
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| 3 | triple-time rhythms |
Sean Lyle
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| 4 +1 | ternary rhythms |
GILLES MEUNIER
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| 3 | Triple meter / triple patterns |
Shog Imas
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Proposed translations
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triple-time rhythms
Strictly speaking, in classical music, you talk about binary and ternary FORM, i.e. the structure of a piece, and duple and triple time for RHYTHMS...
But since we are in the folk arena here, I am really not sure if this is applicable.
But since we are in the folk arena here, I am really not sure if this is applicable.
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Comment: "thanks. ithink this is the term I need in my contexf"
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ternary rhythms
Perhaps the most puzzling of all rhythmic conventions," comments Howard Ferguson,
"is the use of written binary rhythms to stand for ternary rhythms. ...
www.scena.org/lsm/sm7-5/students-en.html - 23k - 13 mar 2004
"is the use of written binary rhythms to stand for ternary rhythms. ...
www.scena.org/lsm/sm7-5/students-en.html - 23k - 13 mar 2004
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Triple meter / triple patterns
Chapter 3, Page 1
... The three beat pattern is also known as TRIPLE METER. Each measure in TRIPLE METER
consists of three beats, the first of which is stronger than the others. ...
www.murraystate.edu/qacd/cfac/music/ MUS109e/chapter3/ch3page1.htm
Although other patterns do exist (SEXTUPLE, SEPTUPLE, OCTUPLE, etc.), our ears tend to combine the more complex rhythmic patterns into smaller, simpler ones. So a SEXTUPLE pattern would probably be heard as a combination of two triple patterns; a SEPTUPLE pattern as some combination of two duples and a triple or a quadruple and a triple; and so on.
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Note added at 2004-03-16 22:10:43 (GMT)
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There are simple and COMPOUND TRIPLE METER
SIMPLE=each beat is divided into 2 parts, TRIPLE=3 beats
COMPOUND=each beat is divided into 3 parts, TRIPLE=3 beats
... The three beat pattern is also known as TRIPLE METER. Each measure in TRIPLE METER
consists of three beats, the first of which is stronger than the others. ...
www.murraystate.edu/qacd/cfac/music/ MUS109e/chapter3/ch3page1.htm
Although other patterns do exist (SEXTUPLE, SEPTUPLE, OCTUPLE, etc.), our ears tend to combine the more complex rhythmic patterns into smaller, simpler ones. So a SEXTUPLE pattern would probably be heard as a combination of two triple patterns; a SEPTUPLE pattern as some combination of two duples and a triple or a quadruple and a triple; and so on.
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Note added at 2004-03-16 22:10:43 (GMT)
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There are simple and COMPOUND TRIPLE METER
SIMPLE=each beat is divided into 2 parts, TRIPLE=3 beats
COMPOUND=each beat is divided into 3 parts, TRIPLE=3 beats
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