Rhythm Flashcards
The occurrence of varying lengths of sound and silence.
Rhythm
The pattern of beat groupings and the nature of the divided beat.
Meter
Regular or Irregular: When long notes coincide with strong beats and shorter notes occur as non-syncopated divisions of weak beats
Regular
Regular or irregular: When repeating non-syncopated divisions occur on a ll beats.
Regular
When the measure is filled by one note
Uniform
When the measure is filled by two equal notes in quadruple meter
Uniform
When the measure is divided equally into units of beats
Uniform
When the measure is divided into equal divisions of the beat.
Uniform
T or F: All uniform rhythms are regular but not all regular rhythms are uniform
True
Regular or irregular: When long notes coincide with weak beats or weak parts of beats
Irregular
Regular or irregular: When the rhythm has been syncopated.
Irregular
_______ _______ occurs when notes alter the normal or expected pattern of rhythm, accent, or meter by appearing on weak beats or weak parts of beats.
Syncopated rhythm
True or false: All syncopated rhythms are irregular, but not all irregular rhythms are syncopated.
True
Thesis
The first beat in a measure.
Thetic beginning
A phrase that begins on the first beat.
Thesis also known as:
down-beat
Arsis
An unaccented beat in a measure
Anacrusis
consists of one or more notes that preceed the first down-beat of a musical phrase.
Masculine ending
The last attack of a phrase coincides with the thesis.
Feminine ending
The last attack does not coincide with the thesis.
Related meters
Have the same metrical stress but a different unit of beat.
The upper time signature numeral is the same but the lower time signature numeral is different.
Related meters
Two different meters, one simple and one compound, that have the same beat grouping and the same note to represent the divided beat.
Equivalent meters
