Music Terminology Quiz

_______________Deliberate shifts of the accent so that it conflicts with the steady pulse and tries to upset the steady pulse. 

• accent

• tempo

• a tempo

• syncopation

_______________The pace with which the music moves. 

• accent

• meter

• tempo

• accelerando

_______________The space that music appears to carve out for itself. 

• accelerando

• ritardando 

• meter

• "felt" time

_______________A rhythmic measure of a certain number of beats. 

• syncopation

• rhythm

• ritardando 

• meter

_______________Gradually growing faster. 

• a tempo

• accelerando

• "felt" time

• rhythm

_______________Gradually growing slower. 

• ritardando

• rhythm cycle

• a tempo

• accelerando

_______________A fixed number of beats in a series that repeats itself over and over. 

• accelerando

• rhythm cycle

• a tempo

• syncopation

_______________In normal time, or a return to the preceding tempo. 

• ritardando 

• a tempo

• accelerando

• rhythm cycle

_______________ The way music paces itself and moves through time. 

• rhythm

• syncopation

• a tempo,

• tempo

_______________An emphasis that is placed on a beat.

• improvisation

• syncopation

• accent

• rhythm