Music Rhythm and Meter Quiz

What is the basic unit of rhythm in music?

• Meter

• Beat

• Accent

• Note

In Western music, what are the regularly recurring patterns of two, three, or four beats known as?

• Harmony

• Melody

• Meter

• Tempo

Which meter has three beats to a measure—one strong beat and two weak ones?

• Quadruple meter

• Duple meter

• Triple meter

• Compound meter

What is the most common compound meter in music?

• Compound quadruple

• Compound triple

• Compound duple

• Sextuple meter

What is the deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accents in music called?

• Syncopation

• Polyrhythm

• Nonmetric

• Additive rhythm

Which technique involves the simultaneous use of rhythmic patterns that conflict with the underlying beat?

• Nonmetric

• Additive rhythm

• Polyrhythm

• Syncopation

What is the element that binds together the parts within the whole in music?

• Rhythm

• Harmony

• Melody

• Time

In which type of music does the beat move in a floating rhythm?

• Indian classical music

• African music

• Nonmetric music

• Western music

What is the most fundamental element of music?

• Time

• Rhythm

• Harmony

• Melody

What is the technique where larger patterns are built from combinations like 2 + 3 + 3?

• Syncopation

• Polyrhythm

• Additive rhythm

• Nonmetric