Meter- is a repeating pattern of strong and weak beats.

Meter can be categorized between simple and

compound.

Simple Meter-is the type of meter wherein each beat in a measure of music can be naturally divided into
two equal parts.

Compound Meter-is the type of meter wherein each beat in a measure of music can be naturally divided
into three equal parts.

Duple Meter- is the type of meter where beats are grouped in twos. The best example of this is a march,
reflecting the movement of our two feet. See the following example:

ONE TWO, ONE TWO. ONE TWO, or left right, left right

(There is a natural strong accent on beat one: beat two is the weak beat)

Triple Meter is the type of mufer where beats are grouped in threes. An example of song that uses this
meter is "Bahay Kubo ONE TWO THREE, ONE TWO THREE

(There is a natural strong accent on beat one, while two and three are both weak beats)

Quadruple Meter- is the type of meter consisting of four beats. An example is the Christmas song, "Hark
the Herald Angels Sing"

(One and three are the strongly accented beats, while two and four are weak beats. Note: Beat one is
slightly stranger than beat three, even if both of them are considered strong beats)