01-01-06 Compound and Asymmetric Meter

Question 1

Compound meter

Answer 1

Time signatures where the beats divide into three division notes, not two.

Question 2

What do the two numbers in a compound time signature indicate?

Answer 2

The top number indicates the number of division notes per measure. The bottom number indicates the division rhythmic value (not the beat unit).

Question 3

How many division notes does it take to make one beat in a compound time signature?

Answer 3

Three

Question 4

What top numbers in a time signature are compound?

Answer 4

6, 9, 12, or 15

Question 5

How do you calculate the amount of beats in a compound time signature?

Answer 5

Divide the top number by 3.

Question 6

True or false is the beat unit a dotted rhythmic value larger than the bottom number in a time signature?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What can compound time signatures be?

Answer 7

Duple, triple, quadruple and quintuple.

Question 8

What can make a compound time signature feel like a simple time signature?

Answer 8

Tempo

Question 9

Explain an asymmetric time signature?

Answer 9

Asymmetric time signature has a mixture of two and three-part beat divisions.

Question 10

What do the two numbers in an asymmetric time signature indicate?

Answer 10

The top number indicates the number of division notes per measure. The bottom number indicates the division rhythmic value (not the beat unit)

Question 11

What top number indicates an asymmetric time signature?

Answer 11

5, 7, or 11 (does vary)

Question 12

True or false when performing asymmetric time signatures, are beats with three division notes last longer than beats with two-division notes?

Answer 12

False. The length of the division note value, not the beat, must remain constant.