The 4/4 Continuum

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If anything ties together popular western music it's the 4/4 beat. But when did it start? And where did it come from?

I'll be following you as you go into the history of the 4/4 time signature...

 

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Readers reply: is there a human predisposition to a 4/4 beat in music?

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