Basic Music Navedtra 10244 Chapters 3 & 4

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Beat

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Standard of measurement in musical time

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Tempo

Back 2

Rate of progression of beats and beat combinations

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Meter

Back 3

Recurring patterns of accented and unaccented pulsations of beat

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Back 4

duple metrical stress

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Back 5

triple metrical stress

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Back 6

quadruple metrical stress

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simple meter

Back 7

beat is normally divisible by 2

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compound meter

Back 8

beat is normally divisible by 3

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composite or compound meter

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composed of beats of unequal lengths - beats divisible by 2 OR 3; divided beats have same duration

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compound single

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when upper numeral of time signature is 3 and speed of piece calls for sompound interpretation (1 beat per measure)

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rhythm

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occurrence of varying lengths of sound and silence

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regular rhythm

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when long notes coincide with strong beats and shorter notes occur as non-synocopated divisions of weak beats OR when repeating non syncopated divisions occur on all beats

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uniform ryhthm

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1. Measure is filled by one note
2. Menaure filled by 2 equal notes in quadruple meter
3. measure divided equally into units of beats
4. measure divided into equal divisions of the unit of beat

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True or False
All uniform rhythms are regular

Back 14

True (But not all regular rhythms are uniform)

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Irregular rhythm

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1. when long notes coincide with weak beats or weak parts of beats
2. Rhythm has been syncopated

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syncopated rhythm

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1. When weak beat or part of beat is accented
2. When weak beat is tied to strong beat that follows it
3. When a rest occurs on a beat after a note on a weak beat

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True or False
All irregular rhythms are syncopated

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False (But all syncopated rhythms ARE irregular)

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thesis

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first beat of a measure

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arsis

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unaccented beat in a measure

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anacrusis

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pick-up

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masculine ending

Back 21

last attack of phrase coincides with thesis

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feminine ending

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last attack of phrase does not coincide with thesis

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related meters

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have same metrical stress but different unit of beat
(ie 4/4 and 4/2 are related)

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equivalent meters

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2 different meters, one simple and one compound, with same beat grouping and same note to represent the divided beat
(ie. 2/4 and 6/8 are equivalent)