GCSE music Rhythm keywords

What is the definition of a triplet........

• 2 notes played in the time of 3

• 3 notes played together

• 3 notes played in the time of 2

• an interval of 3 semitones

Quadruple metre means......

• 2 beats per bar

• uses quarter notes

• 3 beats per bar

• 4 beats per bar

Emphasis placed on normally unaccented beats or on off-beats is.........

• syncopation

• a rhythm

• synchronisation

• ostinato

The time signature for 4 crotchet beats per bar is written....

• 4/1

• 4/4

• 4/3

• 8/4

Thinking about time signatures, the top number tells you.....

• how long each beat is

• how many beats per bar

• how many bars

• how many bars are in the introduction

Common time means......

• 4 minim beats per bar

• 4 quaver beats per bar

• 4 semibreve beats per bar

• 4 crotchet beats per bar

Thinking about time signatures, the bottom number tells you.......

• how long each beat is

• how many beats per bar

• how many bars to count

• what number you are dividing the top number by

Cut-common time means......

• 4 minim beats per bar

• 2 minim beats per bar

• 2 crotchet beats per bar

• 6 quaver beats per bar

Thinking of time signatures, if the bottom number is 8 then the length of each beat will be a....

• quaver

• crotchet

• minim

• semibreve

When paired quaver notes are played unevenly as though triplets or dotted notes we call this....

• bouncy rhythm

• slide rhythm

• swing rhythm

• jumpy rhythm