quadruple time n.
四拍子, 每小节以四拍为基础的拍子
quadruple time[ noun ]
a time signature indicating four beats to the bar
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Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, a. [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four:
cf. F. quadruple. See {Quadrate}, and cf. {Double}.]
Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple
alliance.
{Quadruple time} (Mus.), that in which each measure is
divided into four equal parts.