Duration

Question 1

4 main branches of Duration

Answer 1

1. Time Signatures
2. Beat/Pulse
3. Tempo
4. Note Values + Rhythms

Question 2

Different types of time signatures.

Answer 2

1. Simple
2. Compound
3. Irregular
4. Complex
5. Absence of metre
6. Multimeter

Question 3

What is a multimeter?

Answer 3

Change of time signature throughout the song.

Question 4

What happens when there is an absence of a metre?

Answer 4

No time signature.

Question 5

What time signatures are simple?

Answer 5

• 2/4
• 4/4
• 3/4
• 2/2

Question 6

What time signatures are compound?

Answer 6

• 6/8
• 9/8
• 12/8

Question 7

Are irregular and complex time signatures the same thing?

Answer 7

Technically, yes.

Question 8

What time signatures are considered irregular and/or complex?

Answer 8

Irregular
1. 5/4
2. 5/8
Complex
1. 7/8

Question 9

What are the different types of beats/pulses in found in a song?

Answer 9

1. Definite
2. Indefinite
3. Weak
4. Strong
5. Beat emphasis

Question 10

What is a definite beat?

Answer 10

You can hear the beat clearly.

Question 11

What is an indefinite beat?

Answer 11

You can’t hear the beat clearly.

Question 12

What is a weak beat?

Answer 12

Doesn’t fill all the beats.

Question 13

What is a strong beat?

Answer 13

Something played every or almost every beat.

Question 14

Elements in tempo.

Answer 14

• You can comment on changes of tempo throughout the piece.
• Slow/medium/fast tempo.

Question 15

Element of Note Values and Rhythms.

Answer 15

1. Simple/complex, dotted, swung
2. Rests
3. Contrast between parts.
4. Rhythmic devices.

Question 16

Rhythmic Devices that differentiate the Note Values and Rhythms of a song.

Answer 16

1. Augmentation
2. Diminution
3. Syncopation
4. Ostinato
5. Polyrhythm
6. Hemiola