Areas of study 0.0 / 5 ? MusicRhythm & MetreGCSEAQA Created by: mscerdanCreated on: 10-04-16 16:01 What is regular time? Music that is in simple or compound time. 1 of 31 What is irregular time? Music that does not fit into simple or compound time. 2 of 31 What is irregular time also known as? Asymmetrical time 3 of 31 What is free time? Music that appears to have no obvious time signature and there is no obvious steady beat. 4 of 31 What era was free time mainly used? Early 15th and 16th centuries. 5 of 31 What is augmentation? When you double the value of each note so that the rhythm lasts twice as long. 6 of 31 When is augmentation regularly used? At the end of a piece when the two last bars that include the final cadence are repeated and augmented. 7 of 31 What is diminuation? It is when the value of each note is halved. 8 of 31 What is a hemiola? Isolated bars of music where one part appears to be playing music that has two beats and the other appears to be in 3 beats. 9 of 31 What is a cross-rhythm? It is when one part plays a rhtyhmic pattern in 2 over another part's rhythmic pattern in 3. 10 of 31 How are cross-rhythms different ot hemiolas? Cross-rhythms occur over several bars whereas hemiolas are in isolated bars. 11 of 31 In what type of music can cross-rhythms form the basis? West African drumming. 12 of 31 What is a polyrhythm? It is the simultaneous sounding of two or more independant or conflicting rhythms 13 of 31 Cross-rhythms are a type of....? Polyrhythm 14 of 31 When a polyrhythm has two parts only it is known as a...? Bi-rhythm 15 of 31 What is tempo? The speed of the piece of music. 16 of 31 What does largo mean? Very slow 17 of 31 What does lento mean? Slowly 18 of 31 What does adagio mean? Slow and stately 19 of 31 What does andante mean? Walking pace 20 of 31 What does moderato mean? Moderately 21 of 31 What does Allegretto mean? Moderately fast 22 of 31 What does allegro mean? Fast, quickly and bright 23 of 31 What does vivace mean? Lively and fast 24 of 31 What does presto mean? very fast 25 of 31 What does accelerando mean? Speeding up 26 of 31 What does rallentando mean? Gradually slowing down 27 of 31 What is rubato? It is when musicians slow down or speed up at ceratin key points within the music before returning to the original tempo. 28 of 31 Rubato was usued a lot in the ........ era. Romantic era (19th century) 29 of 31 Which classical composer used a lot of rubato in his music? Chopin 30 of 31 What is syncopation? It is when the main emphasis of the rhythm falls off-beat. 31 of 31
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