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Quintuple meter

Quintuple meter or quintuple time is a musical meter characterized by five beats in a measure.

They may consist of any combination of variably stressed or equally stressed beats.


Like the more common duple, triple, and quadruple meters, it may be simple, with each beat divided in half, or compound, with each beat divided into thirds. The most common time signatures for simple quintuple meter are 5
4
and 5
8
, and compound quintuple meter is most often written in 15
8
.

uses the mensuration cut time5
1
in "Amor con fortuna", but in "Tan buen ganadico", he uses a signature of
(1496).

Juan del Encina

uses 5
1
(tempus perfectum, proportio quintupla), in both "Con amores, mi madre" (1465), and "Dos ánades, madre".

Juan de Anchieta

The anonymous "Pensad ora'n al" uses the mensuration 5
2
.

common time

"Las mis penas madre" by and "De ser mal casada" by Diego Fernández (d. 1551) both use just the proportion sign 5
2
.

Pedro de Escobar

"Alphys" (from ) by Toby Fox – last movement is in 5
4
[167]

Undertale

"Animals" by .[168]

Muse

by Weezer. Alternates 5
4
with 4
4
[169]

"Cleopatra"

"Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream)" from (2005) by Sufjan Stevens (5
4
and 4
4
).[170]

Illinois

"" by Genesis (5
4
).[171]

Down And Out

"ENDYMION" (from ) by fallen shepherd ft. RabbiTon Strings (5
4
).[172]

Dance Dance Revolution A

"Erotomania" (part I of III of the suite called "") from Awake, by Dream Theater. Begins with 5
4
+ 5
4
+ 5
4
+ 9
8
, then 5
4
+ 5
4
+ 5
4
+ 3
4
+ 3
4
+ 2
4
, then 11
8
+ 10
8
etc.[173]

A Mind Beside Itself

"Vs. Ridley" (from ) by Minako Hamano. Song starts in 5
4
but goes to 4
4
and then 3
4
. Second part reverses this by going to 3
4
then 4
4
.[174]

Super Metroid

"" by Pearl Jam. The song begins in 5
4
but most of it is in 6
4
and 4
4
.[175]

The Fixer

"" by Led Zeppelin. Verses alternate 5
4
and 3
4
passages; choruses are in 3
4
.[176]

Four Sticks

"The Grudge" by .[177]

Tool

"The Hammer" from by Tim Minchin: begins in 5
4
.[178]

Matilda the Musical

"" by the Who. Verses partly in 5
4
.[179]

Happy Jack

"" by Queen.[180]

Innuendo

"" by King Crimson (partially in 5
4
and 5
8
).[181]

Larks Tongues In Aspic

"Lorca" by , from the 1970 album Lorca.[182]

Tim Buckley

"Moon" by (17
8
and 5
8
).[183]

Björk

"" (from The Wall) and "Two Suns in the Sunset" (from The Final Cut), both by Pink Floyd (5
4
).[184]

Mother

"" by Soundgarden, verse in 5
4
.[185]

My Wave

"Neon Pattern Drum" by has "5
4
and 4
4
time signatures operat[ing] simultaneously".[186]

Jon Hopkins

"953" by [187]

Black Midi

"" by Iron Maiden[188]

The Number of the Beast

"Og det bli'r sommer igen" by ; bar 3 is in 5
4
.[189]

Lars Lilholt Band

"" by Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Overground

Percolator by is in 5/4 throughout. This is referenced in the alternate set list title for the song of Take 5 1/2 [190]

Stereolab

"" by Beyoncé, James Blake, and Kevin Garrett, alternating 2
4
+ 3
4
.[191]

Pray You Catch Me

"Prequel to the Sequel" by has some scattered bars in 5
8
and other time signatures.[192]

Between the Buried and Me

"" by System of a Down (5
4
).[193]

Question!

"Red" by , from the album Red (5
8
).[194]

King Crimson

"The River" by is in 5
4
until the final verse, which switches to 4
4
through the outro.[195]

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

"Refractions in the Plastic Pulse" by has a section in 5
4
.[196]

Stereolab

"" by Tool.[197]

Rosetta Stoned

"Sound Chaser" by , main theme in 5
4
.[198]

Yes

"Kid Gloves" by .[199]

Rush

"Streamline" by , the majority of the chorus is in 5
4
while the rest of the song is written in 6
4
[200]

System of a Down

"TWX in 12 Bars" by Donald Swartz, the theme for the TV program with Louis Rukeyser.

Wall Street Week

"We Are the Involuntary" by has some bars that can be transcribed in 5
4
.[201]

Underoath

"" by Cream. An opening in 5
4
, which is used twice later in the song, as a bridge and an interlude.[150]

White Room

"" by Rush opens in 5
4
using a musical interpretation of the Toronto Pearson International Airport IATA identifier code using Morse code.[202]

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