Music notation glossary · Time signatures
Cut time
count in half notes
As a Unicode character — to paste into text, spreadsheets or chat. Whether it appears depends on the font.
In the score
What it means
A C with a line through it: the same 4/4 bar, counted in two half notes instead of four quarters. Also written 2/2. You count less, not faster.
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