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Common Measure

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Noun

1. common measure, common time, four-four time, quadruple time

a time signature indicating four beats to the bar

2. common divisor, common factor, common measure

an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly

3. common measure, common meter

the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Common Measure

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noun
1.  another term for common time
2. 
the usual stanza form of a ballad, consisting of four iambic lines rhyming a b c b or a b a b

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Common Measure

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Music
common time

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Common Measure

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n.
A ballad stanza form in iambic meter, often rhyming in alternating pairs, that is typical of many church hymns. Also called common meter, hymnal stanza.

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