A section of music in which two measures in triple meter are performed as if they were three measures of duple meter, with accents on every other note. Over two measures, the accents are on beats 1, 3, and 2.
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A section of music in which two measures in triple meter are performed as if they were three measures of duple meter, with accents on every other note. Over two measures, the accents are on beats 1, 3, and 2.