Music Study Notes: Duration

Question 1

A tempo

Answer 1

Return to former speed

Question 2

Accelerando

Answer 2

Gradually becoming faster

Question 3

Accent

Answer 3

Stress placed on a beat

Question 4

Adagio

Answer 4

Slowly

Question 5

Allegro

Answer 5

Lively and fast

Question 6

Anacrusis

Answer 6

Up-beat or an unaccented beat the beginning of music or each phrase

Question 7

Andate

Answer 7

At an easy walking pace

Question 8

Bar

Answer 8

Division of notes grouped into beats, usually the same number separated by a bar line

Question 9

Beat

Answer 9

Regular pulse of the music

Question 10

Common Time

Answer 10

Four beats in the 4/4 time

Question 11

Compound Time

Answer 11

Combining of two note values to make a time signature e.g. 6/8

Question 12

Cross-rhythm

Answer 12

The use of a different rhythmic pattern heard against the regular rhythmic pattern of the time signature

Question 13

Cut Common Time

Answer 13

Two beats in the bar 2/2 time

Question 14

Duple Metre

Answer 14

Two beats per bar e.g. 2/4, 2/2, 2/8

Question 15

Grave

Answer 15

Very Slow

Question 16

Hemiola

Answer 16

A rhythmic device in which the metre seems to shift temporarily from duple to triple or vice versa

Question 17

Irregular Metre

Answer 17

Where the accent in music falls on a different beat of the bar

Question 18

L’istesso Tempo

Answer 18

At the same speed the duration remains the same despite changing time signature of metre

Question 19

Larghetto

Answer 19

Rather broadly

Question 20

Largo

Answer 20

Broadly

Question 21

Lento

Answer 21

Slowly

Question 22

Meno Mosso

Answer 22

Less Speed

Question 23

Metre

Answer 23

Organisation of beats into regular groups

Question 24

Metronome

Answer 24

An apparatus that fixes time to number of beats per minute

Question 25

Moderato

Answer 25

At a moderate speed

Question 26

Multi-metre

Answer 26

The changing of the metre or time signature every few bars (multi-rhythm)

Question 27

Multi-rhythm

Answer 27

The changing of the metre or time signature every few bars (multi-metre)

Question 28

Non-metrical

Answer 28

Where the time signature is not evident in the music. There is not a set regular pulse

Question 29

Ostinato

Answer 29

A repeated rhythmic or melodic pattern. In rock music it is known as a riff

Question 30

Piu Mosso

Answer 30

More Speed

Question 31

Polymetre

Answer 31

Two or more rhythms or time signature employed concurrently

Question 32

Presto

Answer 32

Very fast

Question 33

Quadruple Metre

Answer 33

Four beats to the bar

Question 34

Quintuplet

Answer 34

Five note values to fir the time of one note value

Question 35

Rallentando (rall)

Answer 35

Gradually becoming slower

Question 36

Rhythm

Answer 36

Different note and rest values in music

Question 37

Riff

Answer 37

A repeated melodic or rhythmic pattern. Also known as an ostinato

Question 38

Ritenuto (rit)

Answer 38

Immediately slower

Question 39

Rubato

Answer 39

Freedom of tempo

Question 40

Septuplet

Answer 40

Six note values to fit the time of one note value

Question 41

Stringendo

Answer 41

Pressing on faster, and often louder

Question 42

Syncopation

Answer 42

Placing an accent on a weak beat of the bar

Question 43

Tempo

Answer 43

Speed of the music

Question 44

Tempo Primo

Answer 44

Return to the first tempo

Question 45

Time Signature

Answer 45

Numbers at the beginning of the music

Question 46

Triple Metre

Answer 46

Three beats in the bar

Question 47

Up-beat

Answer 47

The unaccented note, and incomplete bar at the beginning of the music

Question 48

Vivace

Answer 48

Lively, spirited

Question 49

Vivo

Answer 49

Lively, vivacious