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Rhythm/ Tempo Flashcards

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Simple Time

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Music with either 2, 3 or 4 beats in a bar each beat is worth a crotchet

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Compound Time

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Each beat is divided into groups of 3 pulses

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Slower/ Faster

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Tempo of the music gets faster or slower

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Accelerando

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Music gets gradually faster

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Rallentando

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Music gradually gets slower

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Ritardando

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Music slows down seemingly “held back” and may happen at any time in the music

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Rubato

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The performer plays in a very free way and is able to pull the music about to suit the situation

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A Tempo

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Music returns to previous tempo after a tempo change

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Bar

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A section of musical time, divided by bar lines and seperated

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On The Beat

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The main accents are on the beat

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Off The Beat

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The main accents are off the beat

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Sycopation

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Accented notes playing off or against the beat

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Scotch Snap

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A rhythmic figure with a short accented note followed by a longer note

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Cross Rhythms

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Effect where 2 notes are played against 3

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Dotted Rhythms

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Long notes followed by short notes and vice versa, giving a jolty effect

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Anacrusis

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Notes which appear before the first strong beat of the bar. Almost like a very short lead in.

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Jig

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A fast Scottish dance in compound time (Jiggity Jiggity)

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March

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Music with a strong steady pulse with 2 or 4 beats in a bar

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Strathspey

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A Scottish dance with 4 beats in a bar. feat. Scotch Snaps

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Reel

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A fast Scottish dance in simple time. (Double Decker)

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Waltz

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A dance in simple time with 3 beats in a bar

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Adagio

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Slow, stately tempo

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Andante

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Walking pace, medium tempo

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Moderato

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A moderate, medium pace. A bit livelier than andante

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Allegro

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Fast, quick and bright

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Drum Fill

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A rhythmic decoration played on the drum kit

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Beat/Pulse

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The basic pulse you hear in the music. The pulse may be in groups of 2/3/4 with an accent/stress on the first beat of each bar

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Pause

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The musical flow/rhythm is held up by a long note or silence

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Accent/Accented

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Notes that are slightly stressed sounding louder than others

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