Rhythm, Meter, and Accent
Patterns and Rhythms
Rhythms in Everyday Life
Syncopation
Creative Rhythms and Potpourri
100
An accented first beat helps you establish this.
What is meter
100
Using your knowledge of melodic rhythm, name this song. *demonstration*
What is Jingle Bells.
100
Improvisation is common in this style of music.
What is jazz.
100
This style of music is built around syncopation.
What is ragtime.
100
This group of performers makes their own instruments to perform on.
Who is the Blue Man Group.
200
A division of beats into groups separated by a bar line is called this.
What is a measure.
200
The use of different meters in a piece of music is called this.
What is mixed meter.
200
This group uses everyday items to create music in their performances.
Who is STOMP.
200
Ragtime was popular in this time period.
What are the early 1900s (1900-1920).
200
This term describes a repeated musical figure.
What is an ostinato.
300
An accent is an emphasis placed on what?
What is a musical sound.
300
Using your knowledge of melodic rhythm, name this song. *demonstration*
What is Happy Birthday.
300
Name an instrument used in Lali.
What are drums, whistle, chant, or stomping.
300
Syncopation is the shift of this to weaker beats.
What are accents.
300
Beethoven's main instrument was this.
What is the piano.
400
Having good this is important for all musicians, but especially for pianists, organists, and drum set players.
What is coordination.
400
Beethoven used this in the opening of the Second Movement of his 7th Symphony.
What is melodic rhythm.
400
This is the culture where Lali is from.
What is Bamileke (Cameroon).
400
A famous ragtime pianist and composer.
Who is Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake, or Jelly Roll Morton.
400
Blue Man Group uses this to make simple ideas sound rich and complex.
What is subdivision.
500
The difference between beat and rhythm.
What is a unit of musical time vs. the way music paces itself over time.
500
Beethoven was born in this country.
What is Germany.
500
Lali is this.
What is a warrior song.
500
This ragtime composer wrote "Maple Leaf Rag".
Who is Scott Joplin.
500
STOMP used these two aspects of music to make their performances interesting.
What are dynamics and complex rhythms.
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