Details Title: Advanced Music Theory: Rhythm Description: Rhythm,(Harmony in Context, Roig-Francoli, Ch B) Total Flash Cards: 24 Created: 10/01/2008 19:06:42		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Music Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Rhythm Definition grouping, partitioning patterning of musical events Term Tempo Definition How fast a piece moves--indicated by metronome marking Term Pulse Definition measurement of the number of pulses between regularly recurring accents Term Beats Definition pulses in a metric context Term Duple meter Definition two beats per measure Term Triple meter Definition 3 beats per measure Term Quadruple Definition 4 beats to a measure Term Simple meter Definition upper number is 2, 3, 4; lower can be 2, 4, 8,16 Term compound meter Definition upper number is 6, 9, 12 (lower can be 2,4,5,16). At faster tempo, beats grouped at lowest common denominator Term Asymmetrical meters Definition divide asymmetrically--5/8, 7/8, 8/8, 11/8; 3+2, 4+4+3, etc Term meter change Definition shift from on meter to another (2/4 -> 3/4 and back) Term metric accent Definition distinction of strong and weak beats in a meter Term downbeat Definition first beat in a measure Term upbeat Definition last beat in a measure Term rhythmic accent Definition the accentuation of the weak metric beat through note length, harmony, tonality, grouping Term agogic accent Definition accentuation of a beat through duration Term dynamic accent Definition accentuation of a beat through dynamic and articulative change (p, mp, mf, f) Term anacrusis Definition note or group of notes that begin a melody on an upbeat Term anacrusis melody Definition one that has an anacrusis Term irregular division of the beat Definition division into triplets, 5-note groups, septuplets parts Term ployrhythm Definition placement of a regular division of the beat against an irregular division Term syncopation Definition contradiction of the usual metrical pattern of strong and weak beats Term hemiola Definition interplay of 2 and 3 beats at a metric level (1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2-3) Term ostinato Definition a constantly and literally repeated rhythmic figure