Music Meter

What is meter?

• The rhythm of music that is represented by two numbers at the beginning of a measure.

• Time in space.

• How fast or slow a piece of music is.

• The rhythms.

What is simple meter?

• When each beat can be broken down into three beats.

• When the time signature only ends in 4.

• When each beat can be broken down into two beats.

• Easy

What is compound meter?

• When the beat is broken down into 2 beats

• When the pulse is divided into 2 big beats.

• When you combine two notes together.

• When the pulse is divided into 3 big beats.

What type of meter is this classified as?

• Simple Duple

• Compound Duple

• Simple Quadruple

• Compound Quadruple

What type of meter is this classified as?

• Compound Triple

• Compound Quadruple

• Simple Triple

• Simple Quadruple

What type of meter is this classified as?

• Simple Triple

• Simple Duple

• Compound Triple

• Compound Duple

Which of these are examples of Simple Meter?

• 2/4, 3/4, 9/8, 3/2

• 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 12/8

• 2/2, 4/2, 4/4 3/8

• 2/4,3/4, 6/8, 3/2

Which of these are examples of compound meter?

• 4/4. 3/4, 4/2, 2/2

• 6/8, 9/8, 3/8, 12/8

• 4/4, 12/8, 9/8, 4/8

• 6/8, 9/8, 12/8, 9/16

True or False: Beat and Pulse are always the same

• True

• False

True or False: A quarter note is always the beat of a piece.

• True

• False