RHYTHM AND PULSE

Question 1

Give 4 points about pulse - this could form an introduction

Answer 1

1. All music has a pulse
2. In 99% of pieces this continues at the same speed throughout
3. Sometimes you will be able to hear it and other time it will just be felt by the listener
4. Another word for pulse is beat

Question 2

Explain rhythm

Answer 2

Rhythm can also be described as note duration

Question 3

What is rhythm measured in?

Answer 3

Beats - a note might be 4 beats long or only 1/2 a beat

Question 4

How many beats in a SEMIBREVE?

Answer 4

4

Question 5

How many beats in a MINIM?

Answer 5

2

Question 6

How many beats in a CROTCHET?

Answer 6

1

Question 7

How many beats in a QUAVER?

Answer 7

1/2

Question 8

How many beats in a SEMIQUAVER?

Answer 8

1/4

Question 9

What is a bar?

Answer 9

A bar is a separation of a piece to group notes usually of 4 beats - in between each group or bar a vertical line is drawn and this is called a BAR LINE.

Question 10

What is the acronym to help you spell rhythm?

Answer 10

Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving

Question 11

How many minims fit in a semibreve?

Answer 11

2

Question 12

How many quavers fit in a semibreve?

Answer 12

8

Question 13

How many crochets fir in a minim?

Answer 13

2

Question 14

How many semiquavers in 2 crochets?

Answer 14

8

Question 15

What does a rest tell you?

Answer 15

How long a silence should last

Question 16

Draw in the air what a crotchet rest looks like and a minim rest?

Answer 16

Air draw.

Question 17

Where do you draw a minim rest?

Answer 17

Sitting on the 3rd staff line - it doesn’t fill the whole space like a note does

Question 18

Where do you draw a crotchet rest?

Answer 18

Halfway into the bottom space to halfway into the top space

Question 19

What is a bar rest?

Answer 19

Indicates silence for a whole bar of any length

Question 20

Be able to draw a dotted minim and a dotted minim rest

Answer 20

5 if you have done this perfectly, you can check your answer on Google or in your book.

Question 21

Be able to draw a minim and a minim rest

Answer 21

5 if you have done this perfectly, you can check your answer on Google or in your book.

Question 22

Be able to draw a dotted crotchet and a dotted crotchet rest

Answer 22

5 if you have done this perfectly, you can check your answer on Google or in your book.

Question 23

Be able to draw a crotchet and a crotchet rest

Answer 23

5 if you have done this perfectly, you can check your answer on Google or in your book.

Question 24

Be able to draw a dotted quaver and a dotted quaver rest

Answer 24

5 if you have done this perfectly, you can check your answer on Google or in your book.

Question 25

Be able to draw a quaver and a quaver rest

Answer 25

5 if you have done this perfectly, you can check your answer on Google or in your book.

Question 26

Be able to draw a semiquaver and a semiquaver rest

Answer 26

5 if you have done this perfectly, you can check your answer on Google or in your book.

Question 27

Are time signatures written for every bar?

Answer 27

NO - only at the start of the piece