Definition of "triple time" []

• Music A time or rhythm having three beats to the measure. Also called triple measure. (noun)

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• "The opening andante in triple time for the five violoncelli and double basses at once carries the hearer to the regions of the upper Alps, where amid the eternal snows Nature sleeps in a peaceful dream."