Rhythm and Metre

Question 1

What is a rhythm?

Answer 1

A pattern of beats with differing lengths

Question 2

What is a metre?

Answer 2

The time signature

Question 3

What is a dot?

Answer 3

Adds 50% of the notes value to its total duration

Question 4

What is a triplet?

Answer 4

A group of 3 notes of the same value squashed into the time of two

Question 5

What is a time signature?

Answer 5

Top number: how many beats in a bar
Bottom number: the value of the beats

Question 6

What is a regular time signature?

Answer 6

Can be divided into 2 or 3

Question 7

What is an irregular time signature?

Answer 7

Cannot be divided into 2 or 3

Question 8

What is a simple time signature?

Answer 8

Quaver groups of 2’s
Sounds even

Question 9

What is a compound time signature?

Answer 9

Quaver groups of 3’s
Lilting

Question 10

What is syncopation?

Answer 10

When the rhythm isn’t always on the stressed beats. On the offbeat

Question 11

What is a swing rhythm?

Answer 11

Evenly divided quavers are played as triplets but missing the middle beat
Sounds like galloping