common time
noun
,
Music.
1.
a meter or tempo of four beats per measure, with each of four quarter notes receiving a single beat.
Symbol:
C.
Also called
common measure
.
Origin
1665-75
Examples from the web for
common time
We are only now pulling all the clues together to a
common time
period, and relating it to a weather change event.
The project's master schedule interrelates all tasks on a
common time
scale.
British Dictionary definitions for
common time
common time
noun
1.
(
music
) a time signature indicating four crotchet beats to the bar; four-four time
C