Meaning & use
duplet
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A group of two musical notes performed in the time normally taken by three, or more generally, a pair of matched items.
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The composer inserted a duplet to break up the piece's steady triplet rhythm.
The jeweler mounted the stones as a duplet, layering two thin pieces together.
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In music, a duplet is the two-note counterpart to a triplet, used to fit two even notes into a rhythmic space normally divided into three.
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