four beats to a measure

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• Four to the floor — or four on the floor is a type of dance music and a musical rhythm pattern characterized by a steady, uniformly accented beat in 4/4 time, popularized in 1960s and disco music of 1970s. [Peter Shapiro (2000) Modulations: A History of Electronic… …   Wikipedia

• measure — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 official action to deal with a problem ADJECTIVE ▪ appropriate, effective, necessary, practical ▪ We urge you to adopt all necessary measures to guarantee people s safety. ▪ key …   Collocations dictionary

• 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 …   Wiktionary

• four-four time — noun a time signature indicating four beats to the bar • Syn: ↑common time, ↑quadruple time, ↑common measure • Hypernyms: ↑musical time * * * noun see four four …   Useful english dictionary

• four-fold — adjective 1. having four units or components quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure quadruplex wire • Syn: ↑quadruple, ↑quadruplicate, ↑quadruplex, ↑fourfold • Similar to: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Beats per minute — (BPM) is a unit typically used as either a measure of tempo in music, or a measure of one s heart rate. A rate of 60 bpm means that one beat will occur every second.The BPM tempo of a piece of music is conventionally shown in its score as a… …   Wikipedia

• common measure — noun 1. a time signature indicating four beats to the bar • Syn: ↑common time, ↑four four time, ↑quadruple time • Hypernyms: ↑musical time 2. an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly • Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• quadruple measure — or quadruple time, 1. a musical measure of four beats with an accent on the first and third. 2. this rhythm …   Useful english dictionary

• rhythm — rhythmless, adj. /ridh euhm/, n. 1. movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like. 2. Music. a. the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic… …   Universalium

• beat — I n. a regularly traversed round 1) to patrol, walk one s beat 2) to cover one s beat 3) a policeman s beat rhythm 4) an irregular; regular, steady beat 5) to a beat (to dance to the beat of jungle music) unit of rhythm 6) a beat to (four beats… …   Combinatory dictionary

• two-beat — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. of jazz : characterized by the accentuation of alternate beats in four four time 2. : playing or devoted to two beat jazz (as Dixieland) a two beat jazzman two beat fans * * * /tooh beet /, adj. having four beats to the… …   Useful english dictionary