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Simple Time
Compound Time
Regular rythm
Irregular rythm
Free rythm |
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Give examples of Regular Rythms |
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Give examples of Irregular Rythms |
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Give examples of simple time |
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| Give examples of compound time |
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| when a melody or series of notes are repeated using longer duration |
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when a melody or series of notes are repeated using a shorter duration
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| "three against two" feel in typically 3/4 time Where two bars of 3/4 are played as three bars of 2/4 or one bar of 3/2 |
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| Typically in the Baroque and Renaissance periods. |
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| The number of beats in a bar |
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| The speed of the music – measured in BPM and also uses metronome markings |
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| When two different rhythms of usually different metres are played together at the same time |
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| Three notes being played in the time of two |
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| When the notes are played off the beat |
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| Literally ‘robbed time’, where rhythms are played freely for expressive effect |
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| When two or more rhythms are played at the same time. (Often with different pulses) |
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| Usually heard at the end of a phrase, this is where the drummer plays a free rhythmic pattern |
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| The beat in a piece of music |
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| The number of beats in a bar |
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| the music gets gradually faster |
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| Means that a note is given more emphasis or stress than others. |
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| to be performed slowly and in a relaxed manner (just think slow) |
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| a bit fast, not as fast as allegro |
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| quite slow. It literally means walking speed. |
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| – when the notes of a chord are played one after the other instead of all at once. Like finger style on a guitar. (See also BROKEN CHORD) |
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| – another tune which is played along with the main tune. |
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| music gets gradually quieter. |
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| sliding from one note to another like a slide on a guitar with a bottleneck. Trombones and violins etc do this really well. They seem to like this one it has been in every paper recently. |
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| when one instrument or voice simply copies what another has already done. This can be higher or lower. |
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| – lots of notes really close together, a DISCORD, sounds nasty, like someone leaning on a piano keyboard. They used to like this but I haven’t seen it recently. |
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| a long, LOW note that carries on under the music. It could also be a series of repeated notes but it must be the same note and it must be LOW. If the same thing happens with a high note it is called an INVERTED PEDAL. |
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| opposite of accelerando- music gets gradually slower |
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| when a pattern of notes is played or sung again but slightly higher or lower, usually by the same instrument or voice. Another favourite one this. |
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| When a bit suddenly stands out in the music. |
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| when the music lies against the beat instead of with it. Most popular music is syncopated, most marches and waltzes, for example, aren’t. |
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| moving quickly between a note and the one above it. This can happen in the melody on long notes. |
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This has three beats to the bar
Medium speed
Lacks an um-pa-pa rhythmic background
Slower than a waltz |
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| slow and serious - (only one that is slow of the four baroque music) |
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Quite quick
steady 2 beat pulse |
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Fast- (analogus to JIG)
2 beats a bar
each beat split into 3 parts
usually a score is given with the question; groups of three would be evident. |
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| in a Court or Royal Court |
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| almost always used on voices and it makes you sound like a Dalek from Doctor Who. |
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