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WorksheetsGCSE music Rhythm keywords
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 4mins
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
chaal means.......
a type of curry
a dotted rhythm used in bhangra
a straight rhythm
a swing rhythm
how many beats is a crotchet worth?
2
1/2
4
1
how many beats is a dotted minim worth?
3
2 and 1/2
4
6
how many beats is a quaver worth?
1
4
1/2
3
how many beats is a dotted crotchet worth?
3
1 and a 1/2
2
1/2
compound time means.......
when the beats are divided by 5
when the beats are divided by 3 (e.g.6/8)
when the beats are divided by 2
when the beats don't add up
when the beats can be divided by 2 (e.g. 3/4 time signature), this is called......
simple time
complex time
hard time
compound time
When the beat is divided into 3 (e.g 6/8 time signature), this is called
(a)
