Meter and Accent

In music, beats are emphasized. They are played to create a desired effect. These beats are called __________.

• desiring beats

• accented beats

• metered beats

• hyper beats

____________ in music is a recurring pattern of accents that provides the beat or pulse of music. It is the repetitive arrangement of strong and weak pulses of rhythm.

• Note

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Sound

Which of the two pulses is accented?

• strong

• weak

Name the three kinds of meter. Separate the answers by commas.

This is the kind of meter that has two counts.

• duple

• triple

• quadruple

• quintuple

This is the symbol place on the note where the emphasis or stress is given.

• =

• >

• <

• &

This is the kind of meter that has three counts.

• duple

• triple

• quadruple

• quintuple

This is the kind of meter that has four counts.

• duple

• triple

• quadruple

• quintuple