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Flashcards by Callum O'Sullivan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Callum O'Sullivan
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What does pulse mean? | The pulse is the beat in a piece of music |
| What does simple time mean? | Simple time means any time signature that divides the beat into two or multiples of two |
| What does compound time mean? | Compound time means any time signature that is divisible by three |
| What does regular rhythm mean? | The pattern of regular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats |
| What does irregular rhythm mean? | The pattern of irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats |
| What does free rhythm mean? | Free rhythm means you have more freedom with the timings |
| What does augmentation mean? | Augmentation is the modification of a theme by increasing the time value of all its notes. |
| What does hemiola mean? | Hermiola is a rhythmic pattern of syncopated beats with two beats in the time of three or three beats in the time of two. |
| What doe cross rhythm mean? | Cross rhythm is the effect produced when two conflicting rhythms are heard together |
| What does triplets mean? | A group of three notes having the same time value as two notes of the same kind |
| What does diminution mean? | the repetition or imitation of a subject or theme in notes of shorter duration than those first used |
| What does syncopation mean? | a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats |
| What does tempo mean? | relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome |
| What does rubato mean? | having certain notes arbitrarily lengthened while others are correspondingly shortened, or vice versa |
| What does polyrhythm mean? | the simultaneous occurrence of sharply contrasting rhythms within a composition |
| What does bi-rhythm mean? | A bi-rhythm is a specific type of polyrhythm, consisting of two independent rhythms played simultaneously |
| What does drum fills mean? | short break in the groove--a lick that 'fills in the gaps |
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