Definition of METER: The metre (Am. meter) of music is its rhythmic structure, the patterns of accents heard in regularly recurring measures of stressed and unstressed beats at the frequency of the music’s pulse.
Examples of Simple duple, triple, and quadruple
Examples of quadruple vs triple meter
“America” – example of 6/8 and 3/4
Simple Duple:
Yankee Doodle
Jingle Bells
Simple Triple:
Home on the Range
Dona Nobis Pacem
Simple Quadruple:
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Auld Lang Syne
Compound Duple:
The Ants Go Marching
Mexican Hat Song
Compound Triple:
Oh My Darlin’ Clementine
Fool For You by Curtis Mayfield
Compound Quadruple:
I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad
Gravity by John Mayer (slow tempo)