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GCSE music Rhythm keywords

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

2 notes played in the time of 3

b)

3 notes played together

c)

3 notes played in the time of 2

d)

an interval of 3 semitones

2.

Quadruple metre means......

a)

2 beats per bar

b)

uses quarter notes

c)

3 beats per bar

d)

4 beats per bar

3.

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

a)

syncopation

b)

a rhythm

c)

synchronisation

d)

ostinato

4.

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

a)

4/1

b)

4/4

c)

4/3

d)

8/4

5.

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

a)

how long each beat is

b)

how many beats per bar

c)

how many bars

d)

how many bars are in the introduction

6.

Common time means......

a)

4 minim beats per bar

b)

4 quaver beats per bar

c)

4 semibreve beats per bar

d)

4 crotchet beats per bar

7.

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

a)

how long each beat is

b)

how many beats per bar

c)

how many bars to count

d)

what number you are dividing the top number by

8.

Cut-common time means......

a)

4 minim beats per bar

b)

2 minim beats per bar

c)

2 crotchet beats per bar

d)

6 quaver beats per bar

9.

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

a)

quaver

b)

crotchet

c)

minim

d)

semibreve

10.

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

a)

bouncy rhythm

b)

slide rhythm

c)

swing rhythm

d)

jumpy rhythm

11.

chaal means.......

a)

a type of curry

b)

a dotted rhythm used in bhangra

c)

a straight rhythm

d)

a swing rhythm

12.

how many beats is a crotchet worth?

a)

2

b)

1/2

c)

4

d)

1

13.

how many beats is a dotted minim worth?

a)

3

b)

2 and 1/2

c)

4

d)

6

14.

how many beats is a quaver worth?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

1/2

d)

3

15.

how many beats is a dotted crotchet worth?

a)

3

b)

1 and a 1/2

c)

2

d)

1/2

16.

compound time means.......

a)

when the beats are divided by 5

b)

when the beats are divided by 3 (e.g.6/8)

c)

when the beats are divided by 2

d)

when the beats don't add up

17.

when the beats can be divided by 2 (e.g. 3/4 time signature), this is called......

a)

simple time

b)

complex time

c)

hard time

d)

compound time

18.

When the beat is divided into 3 (e.g 6/8 time signature), this is called

(a)