Chapter 2

Question 1

The controlled movement of music in time.

Answer 1

rhythm

Question 2

Regular pulsation; a basic unit of length in musical time.

Answer 2

beat

Question 3

The emphasis on a beat resulting in its being louder or longer than another in a measure.

Answer 3

accent

Question 4

Organization of rhythm in time; the grouping of beats into larger, regular patterns, notated as measures.

Answer 4

meter

Question 5

Metric grouping of beats, notated on the musical staff with bar lines.

Answer 5

measure, or bar

Question 6

First beat of the measure, the strongest in any meter.

Answer 6

downbeat

Question 7

Basic metrical pattern of two beats to a measure

Answer 7

duple meter

Question 8

Basic metrical pattern of three beats to a measure.

Answer 8

triple meter

Question 9

Basic metrical pattern of four beats to a measure. Also common time.

Answer 9

quadruple meter

Question 10

Meter in which the beat is divided into two, as in duple, triple, and quadruple meters

Answer 10

simple meter

Question 11

Compound metrical pattern of six beats to a measure.

Answer 11

sextuple meter

Question 12

Last beat of a measure, a weak beat that anticipates the downbeat.

Answer 12

upbeat

Question 13

Deliberate upsetting of the meter or pulse through a temporary shifting of the accent to a weak beat or an offbeat.

Answer 13

syncopation

Question 14

A weak beat or weak portion of a beat.

Answer 14

offbeat

Question 15

The simultaneous use of several rhythmic patters or meters, common in twentieth-century music and certain African musics.

Answer 15

polyrhythm

Question 16

Music lacking a strong sense of beat or meter, common in certain non-Western cultures.

Answer 16

nonmetric

Question 17

T/F: Accents between the beats are called offbeats.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T/F: All music has a strong, discernable beat.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

An accented beat followed by two weak beats indicates a __________ meter.

Answer 19

triple

Question 20

In a compound meter, the beat divides into groups of

Answer 20

three

Question 21

In duple meter, the accent is typically on which beat?

Answer 21

first

Question 22

T/F: In notation, regular groupings of beats are marked off in measures.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

In quadruple meter, the second-strongest accent is typically on which beat?

Answer 23

third

Question 24

In triple meter, the strongest accent is typically on which beat?

Answer 24

first

Question 25

T/F: The downbeat coincides with the upward stroke of a conductor’s hand.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Music that moves without a strong sense of beat is

Answer 26

nonmetric

Question 27

T/F: Playing music in two simultaneous rhythms is known as polyrhythm.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

T/F: Polyphony occurs when several meters are played simultaneously.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

________ is created when the regular accent is shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat.

Answer 29

Syncopation

Question 30

T/F: Simple meters are meters in which the beats are divided into three.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

The basic unit of rhythm is the

Answer 31

beat

Question 32

The element that propels music forward in time is

Answer 32

rhythm

Question 33

The first accented beat of each metric pattern is known as the

Answer 33

downbeat

Question 34

The number of beats in a measure determines the

Answer 34

meter

Question 35

When a melody begins before a downbeat, it is said to begin on a(n)

Answer 35

upbeat

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT a simple meter?
duple
triple
compound

Answer 36

compound