Double-time
Not to be confused with Alla breve.
For other uses, see Double-time (disambiguation).
In music and dance, double-time is a type of meter and tempo or rhythmic feel. It is also associated with specific time signatures such as 2
2. Contrast with half time.
In jazz the term means using note values twice as fast as previously but without changing the pace of the chord progressions. It is often used during improvised solos.[1]
"Double time [is] doubling a rhythm pattern within its original bar structure.":[2]
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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