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four-four time
noun
A meter or rhythm with four beats to a measure and four beats to a whole note. Specifically simple quadruple time or common time.
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Take the opening of "Life During Wartime," an apocalyptic swamp-funk transmission in four-four time.
After playing so much blues music, I felt kind of trapped in four-four time.
By banging your floor tom, you're telling them: "I do not trust you to beat out four-four time unaccompanied".
A fine showman, he was not beyond gimmicks like recording Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" in four-four time.
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So it's more fun for drummers who know that real-life drumming is mostly about keeping songs popping along in four-four time, while just about any fill-ins, doubles, or triples are fair game.
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Ruggiero is one of four four-time Olympians on the team.
There are glassy piano chords, deep bass guitar riffs, rattling snare, buzzing organ counterpoint, a Moroccan hand drum, the sounds of a children's playground, sci-fi percussion effects, played out across a constantly evolving and shifting pulse in three-four and four-four time.
Just one time.
"Not one time.
"Well, maybe one time".
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