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.
