This time signature is used in the opening and closing sections of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead to represent the motion of water.
This time signature is used for most of the "Aria" from Heitor Villa-Lobos's Bachianas brasileiras. This time signature is used in the opening and closing sections of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead to represent the motion of water. It alternates with a triple meter time signature in the "Promenade" section of Pictures at an Exhibition. A two-note piano vamp plays throughout a piece in this time signature from the album Time Out by David Brubeck. For 10 points, give this time signature whose beats often have a "strong-weak-weak-medium-weak" pattern.
This time signature is used for most of the "Aria" from Heitor Villa-Lobos's Bachianas brasileiras.