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It is reasonably common in Ballad s and classical music but much less so in genres such as Rock & Roll and Jazz . Although jazz writing has become more adventurous since Dave Brubeck 's seminal '' Time Out '', the majority of jazz and jazz standards are still in straight four time. Triple time is common in formal dance styles, for example the Waltz and Minuet and many Gigue s. Movements in triple time characterised the more adventurous approach of 17th and 18th Century music, for example the Sarabande , which originated in Latin America and appeared in Spain early in the 16th Century , became a standard movement in the Suite during the Baroque period. The baroque sarabande is commonly a slow triple rather than the much faster Spanish original, consistent with the courtly European interpretations of many Latin dances. The sarabande form was revived in the 20th Century by composers such as Debussy , Satie and, in a different style, Vaughan Williams (in ''Job'') and Benjamin Britten (in ''Simple Symphony'') Tunes in triple metre tend to be more lyrical and less martial than those in Double . For example, the British national anthem, God Save The Queen , is in triple metre - this is highly unusual for a national anthem, almost all are in march time. In Mozart 's '' Requiem '' triple time is used in the ''Recordare'', ''Hostias'' and ''Agnus Dei'' as a counterpoint to the more robust two- and four-in-a-bar of the rest of the work, giving these movements a more reflective feel. TRIPLE METRE IN SONG There are many classical songs in triple metre. ''Bist du bei Mir'', from Bach's Notebook For Anna Magdalena Bach (but probably originally by Stölzel ) is in triple metre; Bach's ''Jesu, joy of man's desiring'' is an interesting composite with the melody marked in a compound triple 9/8 and the underlying harmony in 3/4. Franz Schubert composed several '' Lieder '' in triple time, including, from his 1824 set '' Die Schöne Müllerin '', the songs ''Am Feierabend'', ''Der Müller und der Bach'', ''Des Müllers Blumen'', ''Halt!'', ''Morgengruss'', ''Tränenregen'' and ''Ungeduld''. In contemporary genres triple metre is much less common, notable examples being " She's Leaving Home " and the verses (but not the chorus) of " Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds " from The Beatles ' 1967 album '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ''. Notice that both these examples are essentially ballads. In hymns and other religious works it is still common, with tunes such as Dave Bilborough's ''Abba, Father'' following from more traditional melodies such as ''Slane'' (adapted form a traditional Irish melody) and ''Cloisters'' (written in the 16th Century ) Triple metre continues to be used in modern pop music. |
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