Meter
Rhythm 201
Math Time!
Terms
Counting
100

This is when the time signature has a 2, 3 or 4 on top. 

What is simple meter?

100

This is what combines the duration values of two or more notes on the same pitch. 

What is a tie?

100

In 4/4 time, a quarter note plus 4 eighth notes equals this many beats.

What is 3 beats?

100

Another term used for pickup

What is anacrusis?

100

The beat division for simple duple 2/2.

What are two quarter notes?

200

6/4 Meter would be grouped as this. 

What is simple duple?

200

This is the division of a quarter note into 2 equal parts.

What are eighth notes?

200

In 4/4 time, a 2 half notes equals this many beats.

What is 4 beats?

200

These are the two major beat types found in music. 

What is simple and compound meter?

200

The beat division for simple triple 3/8?

What are two 16th notes?

300

This is the meter for 12/8 time. 

What is compound quadruple?

300

This is the division of an eighth note into 2 equal parts.

What is a sixteenth note?

300

In 3/4 time, a whole rest is equal to this many beats.

What is 3 beats?

300

This is used to extend the value of a single note by one half of it's original value. 

What is a dot?

300

This is the equivalent to 3 eighth notes.

What is a dotted quarter note?

400

This means not symmetrical or equal?

What is assymetrical meter?

400

This is the organization of beats into regular groups of two, three or four. 

What is meter?

400

In 3/4 time, the note that takes up a whole measure.

What is a dotted quarter note?

400

Any meter whose measures can not be divided into equal beats; they have an odd number of subdivisions

What is asymmetrical meter?

400

Identify the meter and meter type for the image.

What is 3/8, simple triple?

500

Draw the table for meters on the board. 

DRAW

500

This is a musical meter notated by the time signature of common time with a slash through it. 

What is Alla breve, or Cut Time (2/2)?

500

The note that gets one beat in 3/2.

What is a half note?

500

Three beats of equal value in the time normally occupied by two beats

What is hemiola?

500

Draw the dotted note chart on the board.

Drawing.