Hybrid Meters

Question 1

why do composers use mixed meters?

Answer 1

they give the musical added rhythmic interest and momentum

Question 2

what does the top number represent in a hybrid meter?

Answer 2

the number of beats in each measure

Question 3

what does the bottom number represent in a hybrid meter?

Answer 3

the value of each individual pulse

Question 4

how would you describe 3/4 meter?

Answer 4

triple meter

has three bests lasting a quarter note

Question 5

how would you describe 2/4 meter?

Answer 5

duple meter

has two beats lasting a quarter note

Question 6

what is a trick to help tell the grouping in measures?

Answer 6

look at the bars with accents, see is the accents change for a certain group of notes

looks for changes in then value of notes

Question 7

what are the groupings in 5/8 meters?

Answer 7

there can be 2+3 and 3+2 groupings

Question 8

what are mixed meters?

Answer 8

when a music piece has different measures in bars. for example, some measure are in 2/4 and other measures are in 5/8

Question 9

is 8/8 equal to 4/4 in music? explain you reasoning?

Answer 9

8/8 is equal to 4/4 mathematically, however 8/8 highlights the eighth note pulse

Question 10

what do mixed measure composition require?

Answer 10

careful and consistent counting by the performer

Question 11

what is hybrid duple meter?

Answer 11

5/8
there are two beats in each measure one dotted with a count of 3 and one undotted with a count of 2

Question 12

how can 5/8 be grouped as?

Answer 12

2 +3 or 3+2

Question 13

what is a hybrid triple meter?

Answer 13

there are three beats in each measure

Question 14

when is the top number 7 in triple meter?

Answer 14

when there is one dotted beat ( with a count of 3) and two undotted beats (with a count of two)

Question 15

when is the top number 8 in triple meter?

Answer 15

when there is two dotted beats and one undotted beat

Question 16

what can the bottom number be in duple, triple and quadruple meter

Answer 16

2,4,8 or 16

Question 17

what can the grouping order be in 7/8?

Answer 17

2+2+3 (two quarter notes and a dotted quarter not), or 3+2+2 or 2+3+2

Question 18

what can the grouping be in 8/8?

Answer 18

two dotted quarter notes and a quarter note, a quarter note and two dotted quarter notes, or a dotted quarter note a quarter note then a dotted quarter note

3+3+2, 2+3+3, 3+2+3

Question 19

what is quadruple meter?

Answer 19

when there are four beats in each bar containing a mixture of dotted and undotted notes

Question 20

when is the top number 9 in quadruple meter?

Answer 20

when there is one dotted beat ( with a 3 beat count) and three undotted beat ( with a 2 beat count)

Question 21

when is the top number 10 in quadruple meter?

Answer 21

when there are two dotted beats and two undotted beats

Question 22

when is the top number 11 in quadruple meter?

Answer 22

with there are three dotted beans and one undotted beat

Question 23

what are the type of groupings in 9/8 time in quadruple meter?

Answer 23

3+2+2+2, 2+2+2+3, or 2+3+2+2

Question 24

what are the type of grouping in 10/8 time in quadruple meter?

Answer 24

3+3+2+2, 2+2+3+3, or 2+3+2+3

Question 25

what are the type of groupings in 11/8 time?

Answer 25

3+3+3+2, 2+3+3+3, or 3+2+3+3