Rhythm/metre Flashcards
1
Q
Syncopation
A
Accenting the weaker beats
2
Q
Cross rhythms
A
Two different rhythmic groupings played at the same time
3
Q
Polyrhythmic
A
Simultaneous use of different rhythms in separate parts of the texture
4
Q
Ostinato
A
Repeated pattern
5
Q
Anacrusis
A
Where music begins before first beat
6
Q
Hemiola
A
Feeling of 2/4 in 3/4 time through use of accents
7
Q
Triplets
A
3 notes played in the time of 2
8
Q
Dotted rhythms
A
Lengthening a note value by half its value
9
Q
Rubato
A
“robbed time”
10
Q
Augmentation
A
Doubling original value of notes in a tune
11
Q
Diminution
A
Halving original value of notes in a tune
12
Q
Pause
A
Symbol- instructs performer to wait longer
13
Q
Scotch snap
A
Two note pattern in dotted rhythm
14
Q
Regular
A
Unsyncopated rhythms, “normal” values
15
Q
Free-time
A
Absence of pulse
