Unit 2 Review

What is beat division or subdivision?

• The secondary pulse below the beat.

• The emphasis of strong vs. weak beats.

• Emphasizing typically weaker beats.

• Simple or compound meter.

Beats typically divide into ___ or ___ parts.

• 1 or 2

• 2 or 3

• 3 or 4

• 4 or 5

Simple meters are:

• Easier

• Always have a 4 in the bottom of the meter.

• Have beats that are divided into 2 even parts.

• Have beats that are divided into 3 even parts.

Which of the following are simple meters?

• 2/4

• 3/8

• 6/8

• 4/2

Which meter is simple triple?

• 2/4

• 3/4

• C

• 9/8

Compound meters:

• have beats that divide evenly into 2 parts.

• are found in triple meters.

• have beats that divide evenly into 3 parts.

• are complicated.

Which below are compound meters (not simple).

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 9/8

• 12/8

In music notation, beat groupings are separated by ___lines.

• ledger

• bar

• repeat

• dashed

Bar lines separate music into bars or _____.

• Meters

• Measures

• Segments

• Movements

The conducting pattern for 2/4 is:

• down, out, up

• down, up

• down, in , out up

• down, up, out