Music is often grouped into repeating beat patterns that we call meter.
The most common meters are duple meter, which has groups of two beats; triple meter, which has groups of three beats; and quadruple meter, which has groups of four beats.
In each of the examples below, the music is very simple and very similar, but there is a clear difference between the meter in each one. While listening to the duple meter example, count patterns of “one - two” on each beat. For the triple meter example, count “one - two - three.” For the quadruple meter example, count “one - two - three - four.” RhythmBot will count along with you.
Now let’s learn about music notation. Go to Part 4
