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Introduction
A. Simple Duple Meter as 2/4
B. Simple Triple Meter as 3/4 and Simple Quadruple Meter as 4/4
C. Ties and Dotted Quarter Notes
D. Sixteenth Notes
E. Dotted Eighth Notes and More Ties
A. Compound Duple Meter as 6/8
B. Compound Triple Meter as 9/8 and Compound Quadruple Meter as 12/8
C. Sixteenth Notes
D. Dots, Ties, and Syncopation
Simple Meter: 2/2, 3/2, and 4/2
A. Large-Value Triplets and Three-Against-Two
B. Large-Value Duplets and Three-Against-Two
C. Other Notations of Large-Value Three-Against-Two
D. Special Case: Fast Large-Value Triplets and Duplets
A. Simple Meter: 2/8, 3/8, and 4/8
B. Compound Meter: 6/16, 9/16, and 12/16
C. Special Case: The Dotted-Eighth-Note Beat as Sextuplet Notation
A. Thirty-Second Notes
B. Ties and Dots with Thirty-Second Notes
C. Thirty-Second-Note Triplets and Sixty-Fourth Notes
A. Beat-Level Quadruplets
B. Beat-Level Four-Against-Three
C. Large-Value Quadruplets and Four-Against-Three
A. Beat-Level Quintuplets
B. Large-Value Quintuplets
C. Beat-Level Septuplets
D. Large-Value Septuplets
A. 5/8 and 5/4
B. 7/8 and 7/4
C. 8/8 and Other Asymmetrical Meters
A. Mixed Simple Meter
B. Mixed Compound Meter
C. Special Case: Regular Combinations of Mixed Meter as Asymmetrical Meter
A. Division-Constant Meter Changes
B. Beat-Constant Meter Changes
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