Rhythmically, the music is "characterized by a heavy, nonchalant, inelegant strut", and is in duple meter, which makes it suitable for both dancing and marching.

Compound triple meter is equivalent to simple duple meter with triplets on every beat.

The majority of marches are written in duple meter, meaning they have two beats per measure.

It can also be described as the meter or feel of a piece (being in a straight duple meter or having a swing feel).

A bourrée was a type of dance that originated in France with quick duple meter and an upbeat.

Accordingly, the former implies duple meter (22) while the latter implies quadruple meter (13).

He scored it in duple meter rather than its standard triple meter.

In the other measures, however, the duple meter is reinforced by using eighth notes in the same location, presumably to prevent the tune from becoming a waltz.

In Cuba, the rumba is performed with multiple percussion instruments, playing in duple meter.

The song is written in a duple meter (6/8) and contains many shifts in tonality.