Rhythm Review
One sound on one beat.
What is a quarter note or "ta"?
three beats in a group/measure
What is triple meter?
slow tempo
What is largo?
the five horizontal lines on which music is written
What is the staff?
determines the number of beats in a measure
What is the top number in the time signature?
Two sounds on one beat.
What is a pair of eighth notes or "ti ti"?
four beats in a measure/group
What is quadruple meter?
medium tempo
What is andante or moderato?
the lines that separate groups of beats from each other in written music
What are bar lines?
determines the type of note that gets one beat
What is the bottom number in a time signature?
No sound for one beat.
What is a quarter rest?
two beats in a measure/group
What is duple meter?
fast tempo
What is allegro or presto?
symbol on the staff that indicates where each pitch belongs
What is the clef?
examples of quadruple meter time signatures
One sound for two beats.
What is a half note?
beat is subdivided by twos
the unit used for measuring the exact tempo
What is beats per minute (BPM)?
the name for a category of adjectives describing the volume of the music
What are dynamics?
Examples of triple meter time signatures
What are 3/4, 6/8, 9/8, 3/8, etc.?
The definition of rhythm
What are long and short sounds and silences in music?
the definition of meter
What is the way beats are grouped together in music?
The definition of tempo
What is the speed of the beat in music?
four sounds on one beat. "ti-ka-ti-ka"
What are sixteenth notes
the definition of time signature
What is the symbol at the beginning of music with two numbers which indicates the meter of the song?