Rhythm and Meter - EOY Chap 2

Music is propelled forward in time by

• harmony

• rhythm

• texture

• timbre

Beats that are more strongly emphasized than others are said to be

• minor

• major

• accented

• metrical

Organizing patterns of rhythmic pulses are called

• offbeats

• meters

• syncopation

• polyrhythms

Meter is marked off in groupings known as

• phrases

• measures

• cadences

• chords

The metric patter in which a strong beat alternates with a weak beat is called _____ meter.

• triple

• duple

• quadruple

• compound

Which meter would most likely be associated with a march?

• duple

• triple

• quadruple

• compound

The repeated rhythmic patter in which an accented beat is followed by two unaccented beats is called __________ meter.

• duple

• triple

• quadruple

• compound

In sextuple meter, the principle accents usually fall on

• beats 1 and 3

• beats 1 and 4

• beats 2 and 4

• beats 3 and 6

When a song begins on the last beat of a measure, it is said to being with a(n)

• offbeat

• syncopation

• polyrhythm

• upbeat

Music that moves without a strong sense of beat or meter is called

• compound

• additive

• nonmetric

• irregular