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Question: What does this musical term mean!?
It looks like a slur with a 2 under it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
It could mean that 2 notes are played to one beat instead of 3!. It most likely would happen is 6/8 when counted in 2 or 9/8 counted in 3Www@QuestionHome@Com

how many notes are there underneath it!?

Well!.!.!.i think it could mean *insert number of notes underneath the slur* notes played in the time of two!.

Hope im right!.

Try checking in a music dictionary!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is a duplet!.!.!.the same thing as a triplet but with two notes instead of three!.
"A group of two notes played in the time usually taken to play three!."Www@QuestionHome@Com