The cards Question In simple time, how is each beat divided? Tap to flip Answer Into two quavers. Question Give one example of a simple time signature. Tap to flip Answer For example 4/4 or 3/4. Question In compound time, how is each beat divided? Tap to flip Answer Into three quavers. Question Give one example of a compound time signature. Tap to flip Answer For example 6/8 or 12/8. Question What is an irregular time signature? Tap to flip Answer One where the number of beats cannot be divided by 2 or 3 (e.g. 5 or 7). Question Give one example of an irregular time signature. Tap to flip Answer For example 7/8 or 5/4. Question How many beats are there in a bar of quadruple time? Tap to flip Answer Four (duple has 2, triple has 3). Question True or false: compound time signatures are rarely used. Tap to flip Answer False: they are extremely common, including in popular music styles. Question Give one example of an Italian term for tempo. Tap to flip Answer For example largo, allegro or presto. Question In what unit can tempo be measured? Tap to flip Answer Beats per minute (BPM). Question Is a tempo marking such as allegro a precise indication of speed? Tap to flip Answer No: it is a rough indication; the exact speed is usually left to the performer. Question What is rubato? Tap to flip Answer When a performer slightly changes the tempo to add expression. Question What is an accelerando? Tap to flip Answer A gradual speeding up of the tempo. Question What is a ritardando? Tap to flip Answer A gradual slowing down of the tempo. Question Which term creates a similar effect to ritardando? Tap to flip Answer Rallentando. Question What are swing quavers? Tap to flip Answer Pairs of quavers in which the first is slightly longer than the second. Question What is a syncopated rhythm? Tap to flip Answer A rhythm that emphasises notes in between the main beats. Question What is the downbeat? Tap to flip Answer The first beat of a bar, which is usually emphasised. Question What is an anacrusis? Tap to flip Answer A melody that begins before the downbeat. Question What is a polyrhythm? Tap to flip Answer Multiple different rhythms playing at the same time. Question What is a cross rhythm? Tap to flip Answer A polyrhythm in which two or more rhythms 'conflict' and feel as if they have a different pulse. Question What must a cross rhythm do that a polyrhythm need not? Tap to flip Answer Create different senses of pulse at the same time. Question What is a hemiola? Tap to flip Answer Three notes played over the duration of two (or vice versa), giving the feeling of a tempo change. Question What is rhythmic diminution? Tap to flip Answer Developing a rhythmic idea by proportionally shortening its notes. Question What is rhythmic augmentation? Tap to flip Answer Developing a rhythmic idea by proportionally lengthening its notes. Question What are driving rhythms? Tap to flip Answer Fast, repeated rhythms that create a sense of energy. Question What is the clave? Tap to flip Answer A five-note syncopated rhythm with various forms. Question What is the most common form of the clave? Tap to flip Answer The son clave. Question What is the tresillo? Tap to flip Answer A three-note rhythm that is the same as the '3' of the son clave. Question On which instrument is the chaal rhythm played in bhangra? Tap to flip Answer The dhol. Question What effect do free rhythms have on the pulse? Tap to flip Answer They create no clear sense of pulse. Question With which style is the skank rhythm linked? Tap to flip Answer Reggae. Question With which style is the scotch snap linked? Tap to flip Answer Celtic folk. Question Can an idiomatic rhythm be heard outside the style it is associated with? Tap to flip Answer Yes: it is typical of that style but can be heard in others (e.g. many styles repeat off-beat quavers like the reggae skank). Question What is a crescendo? Tap to flip Answer A gradual increase in dynamics, getting louder. Question What is a diminuendo? Tap to flip Answer A gradual decrease in dynamics, getting quieter. Question What are the two most common dynamics? Tap to flip Answer Piano (p) and forte (f). Question What does subito mean in a dynamic marking? Tap to flip Answer Sudden. Question What does poco a poco mean in a dynamic marking? Tap to flip Answer Little by little. Question Which symbol shows an accented note? Tap to flip Answer > Question What is a sforzando? Tap to flip Answer A sudden, loud type of accent, marked sfz. Question What is a tenuto note? Tap to flip Answer A note held for its full length, though still detached from the notes around it. Question What are the two most common types of articulation? Tap to flip Answer Staccato and legato (slurred). Question Besides the regular accent, give one other type of accent. Tap to flip Answer For example marcato or sforzando. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Music Unit Understanding metre, rhythm, dynamics and articulation Exam boards AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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