Triple metre
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Triple metre (or Am. triple meter, also known as triple time) is a musical metre characterized by a primary division of 3 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 3 (simple) or 9 (compound) in the upper figure of the time signature, with 3
4, 3
8 and 9
8 being the most common examples. In these signatures, beats form groups of three, establishing a triple meter feel in the music or song.The upper figure being divisible by three does not of itself indicate triple metre; for example, a time signature of 6
8 usually indicates compound duple metre, and similarly 12
8 usually indicates compound quadruple metre.
Shown below are a simple and a compound triple drum pattern.
![\n \\new Staff <<\n \\new voice \\relative c' {\n \\clef percussion\n \\numericTimeSignature\n \\time 3/4\n \\set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \\tempo 4 = 100\n \\stemDown \\repeat volta 2 { g4 d' d }\n }\n \\new voice \\relative c'' {\n \\override NoteHead.style = #'cross\n \\stemUp \\repeat volta 2 { a8[ a] a[ a] a[ a] }\n }\n >>](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/s/9/s9u58cmgcnmemyzqn2af8injpsd1khj/s9u58cmg.png)
![\n\\new Staff <<\n \\new voice \\relative c' {\n \\clef percussion\n \\numericTimeSignature\n \\time 9/8\n \\set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \\tempo 4. = 80\n \\stemDown \\repeat volta 2 { g4. d' d }\n }\n \\new voice \\relative c'' {\n \\override NoteHead.style = #'cross\n \\stemUp \\repeat volta 2 { a8 a a a a a a a a }\n }\n >>](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/t/q/tqlcb548alz6dgpke41vdlniim3uuvf/tqlcb548.png)