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9 Cards in this Set
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What do we call regularly recurring pulsations?
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beats
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How do we refer to the rate of beats progressions?
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tempo
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What do we call a recurring pattern of accented and unaccented beats?
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meter
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How do we describe beat groupings and the division of the beat?
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metrical stress
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When is metrical stress simple?
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when the beat is divisible by 2
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When is metrical stress compound?
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when the beat is divisible by 3
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When is metrical stress composite/complex?
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when the beat is unequal in length and divisible by 2 and 3
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The top number in a time signature indicates ______?
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metrical stress
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The bottom number in a time signature indicates ______?
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the unit of the beat
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