Unit 1 Vocab

The heartbeat of music; the steady pulse

• Composer

• Meter

• Measure

• Beat

Beats are organized into

• Measures

• Ostinato

• Strong beat

• Weak beat

The way that music feels (usually in 2, 3, or 4) is called

• Beat

• Meter

• Measure

• Composer

A person who writes music

• March time

• Strong beat

• Weak beat

• Composer

The first beat in a measure

• Strong beat

• Weak beat

• Composer

• Meter

Any beats that follow the strong beat

• March time

• Waltz time

• Weak beat(s)

• Common time

Another name for a meter of two

• March time

• Waltz time

• Common time

• Measure

Another name for a meter of 3

• March time

• Waltz time

• Common time

• Measure

Another name for a meter of 4

• March time

• Waltz time

• Common time

• Measure

A short, repeated pattern

• Ostinato

• Meter

• Measure

• Beat