Triple metre

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Triple metre (US: triple meter; also known as triple time) is a musical metre characterised 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 34, 38 and 98 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 68 usually indicates compound duple metre, and similarly 128 usually indicates compound quadruple metre. Shown below are a simple and a compound triple drum pattern.

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