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Rythm Flashcards

1
Q

What is a breve?

A

Double whole note (8 beats)

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2
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What is a semibreve?

A

A whole note (4 beats)

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3
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What is a minim?

A

A half note (2 beats)

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4
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What is a crotchet?

A

A quarter note (1 beat)

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5
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What is a quaver?

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An 8th note (1/2 beat)

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6
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What is a semiquaver?

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16th note (1/4 beat)

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7
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What is a demisemiquaver?

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32th note (1/8 beat)

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8
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How much is the beat divided in simple time?

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The beat is divided into 2

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9
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How much is the beat divided in compound time?

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10
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What do we do when rewriting a rhythm?

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We change the type of beat, but we keep the number of beats the same

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11
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What are irregular bars?

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Bars that cannot be divided into equal groups of two or three beats. These contain an odd number of beats as bars are divided into unequal parts. Here, it is possible today divide bars in more than one way, eg. in quintuple time, a bar can be divided into 3+2 beats or 2+3 beats

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12
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Most common irregular time?

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Quintuple time (5 beats) or septuple time (7 beats).

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13
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What does 2:4 mean?

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Two crotchet beats per bar

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14
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What does 9:8 mean?

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9 quaver beats per bar

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15
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Beams

A

These are used to group together notes shorter than a crotchet within each part of an irregular bar

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16
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Tie

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These are used to join notes across different parts of an irregular bar, or across a bar-line

17
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Rest

A

These are to show each beat, part-bar or whole bar, depending on how the bars are divided

18
Q

What is a triplet?

A

A group of three notes played in the same amount of time as two non-triplet notes of the same time value

19
Q

What are quintuplets and sextuplets?

A

Groups of five or six notes that are played in the same amount of time as a group of four notes of the same time value. These can be of any time value. And can also contain a combination of time values

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