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24 Cards in this Set
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Beat
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Standard of measurement in musical time
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Tempo
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Rate of progression of beats and beat combinations
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Meter
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Recurring patterns of accented and unaccented pulsations of beat
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duple metrical stress
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triple metrical stress
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quadruple metrical stress
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simple meter
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beat is normally divisible by 2
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compound meter
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beat is normally divisible by 3
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composite or compound meter
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composed of beats of unequal lengths - beats divisible by 2 OR 3; divided beats have same duration
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compound single
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when upper numeral of time signature is 3 and speed of piece calls for sompound interpretation (1 beat per measure)
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rhythm
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occurrence of varying lengths of sound and silence
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regular rhythm
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when long notes coincide with strong beats and shorter notes occur as non-synocopated divisions of weak beats OR when repeating non syncopated divisions occur on all beats
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uniform ryhthm
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1. Measure is filled by one note
2. Menaure filled by 2 equal notes in quadruple meter 3. measure divided equally into units of beats 4. measure divided into equal divisions of the unit of beat |
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True or False
All uniform rhythms are regular |
True (But not all regular rhythms are uniform)
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Irregular rhythm
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1. when long notes coincide with weak beats or weak parts of beats
2. Rhythm has been syncopated |
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syncopated rhythm
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1. When weak beat or part of beat is accented
2. When weak beat is tied to strong beat that follows it 3. When a rest occurs on a beat after a note on a weak beat |
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True or False
All irregular rhythms are syncopated |
False (But all syncopated rhythms ARE irregular)
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thesis
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first beat of a measure
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arsis
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unaccented beat in a measure
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anacrusis
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pick-up
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masculine ending
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last attack of phrase coincides with thesis
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feminine ending
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last attack of phrase does not coincide with thesis
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related meters
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have same metrical stress but different unit of beat
(ie 4/4 and 4/2 are related) |
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equivalent meters
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2 different meters, one simple and one compound, with same beat grouping and same note to represent the divided beat
(ie. 2/4 and 6/8 are equivalent) |