Tempo Rhythm And Metre Flashcards
Alla breve time
Two breve time
Anacrusis
Beat before the bar in a theme
Cross rhythm
Two simultaneous rhythms
Largo
Slow
Moto perpetuo
Perpetual motion
Sextuplet
Beat divided equally into 6
Syncopation
Lack of emphasis on beats of the bar
Triplet
Beat split into three equal beats
Allegro moderato
Moderately fast
Dotted rhythm
A rhythm extended by half it’s beat notated with a dot
Harmonic rhythm
The rhythm of the harmonic changes
Homorhythm
Same rhythm happening simultaneously
Anticipation
The expectation of a particular rhythm to occur
Backbeat
The beat which defines the groove
Lombardic rhythm
Rhythm which emphasises the first part
Quintuplet
A beat split equally into 5 beats
Demisemiquaver
A short note within the context of the tempo
Free time
No explicit sense of tempo
Rubato
Shortening and extension of lines for an expressionistic effect
