Rhythm and Metre Flashcards
Pulse
The musical beat
Simple time
Simple time signatures where each beat is divisible into two even parts
Compound time
Each beat is divisible into three or more parts
Regular time
Music keeping a regular, maintained time signature
Irregular time
When the music changes time signatures regularly
Free time
No real time signature
Augmentation
Lengthening the rhythm
Diminution
Shortening the rhythm
Hemiola
A rhythm in one time signature emphasises beats to sound like it is in another time signature
Cross- Rhythms
Rhythms played together that oppose each other
Dotted Rhythms
Dotted beats add half the value to the beat again.
Triplets
Three notes played in the time of two beats
Syncopation
Playing on the off-beat
Tempo
The pace of the music
Rubato
To pull the beat around expressively
