Basic Music (The normal one, not the supplement) Flashcards
The “great staff” is a theoretical construction that consists of __________________.
11 lines, 10 spaces, and middle C is on the 6th line.
The “great staff” is used for _____________________.
Confusing MUs. It doesn’t seem to have any other purpose. The point of this question is not to confuse “great staff” with “grand staff.”
What clef reads just like Bass clef?
Super Treble
What clef reads like Baritone F clef?
Baritone C clef
What clef places the C clef symbol on the bottom line of the staff?
Soprano clef
What clef places the C clef symbol on the second line from the bottom of the staff?
Mezzo soprano clef
What clef places the C clef symbol on the third line from the bottom of the staff?
Alto clef
What clef places the C clef symbol on the fourth line from the bottom of the staff?
Tenor clef
What clef places the C clef symbol on the top line of the staff?
Baritone C clef
According to The Basic Music Book, a “beat” is _______________.
A regular recurring pulsation in music.
According to The Basic Music Book, “tempo” refers to _______________.
the rate of progression of beats and beat groupings.
The recurring pattern of accented and unaccented pulsations (beats) is known as ___________.
Meter.
In simple time signatures, the bottom number represents what length of note gets the beat, but in compound time signatures, it represents what length of note is _____________.
the division of the beat.
What is the difference between composite and compound meters?
Composite - multiple divisions of the beat within a single bar
Compound - beat is divided in threes.
3/4 time is normally known as simple triple. But at tempo de tearass, it should be conducted and interpreted as what?
Compound single
6/8 time is normally known as compound duple. But at very slow tempos, it would be conducted and interpreted as what?
Simple sextuple
When long notes coincide with strong beats and the shorter notes are non-syncopated and on weak beats, this is called _____________ rhythm.
Regular
When a measure contains all of one length of note (i.e. all quarter notes, all eighth notes, etc…) it is said to have ______________ rhythm.
Uniform
True or False
Uniform rhythm and Regular rhythm have nothing in common.
False. All Uniform rhythm is also Regular rhythm.
When long notes coincide with weak beats or weak parts of beats, or when the rhythm is syncopated, this is known as ___________ rhythm.
Irregular
The first beat in a measure is called the ___________.
Thesis
When the last attack of a phrase coincides with the thesis, what kind of ending is that?
Masculine
If the last attack of a phrase does not coincide with the thesis, what kind of ending is that?
Feminine
Related meters have the same metrical stress (hint: top number stays the same) but different units of the beat. Name a few pairs of related meters.
Example correct answers:
2/4 and 2/8
3/4 and 3/16
4/4 and 4/2
