Rhythm and Metre

Question 1

A tempo

Answer 1

Back to the original speed, following speed change

Question 2

Accelerando

Answer 2

Gradually quicker tempo

Question 3

Accent

Answer 3

Notes louder than others

Question 4

Adagio

Answer 4

Slow

Question 5

Allegro

Answer 5

A direction to play lively and fast

Question 6

Anacrusis

Answer 6

Upbeat

Question 7

Beat

Answer 7

The unit of musical rhythm or pulse

Question 8

Hemiola

Answer 8

When the music feels like it’s in 2/4 when it’s actually written in 3/4

Question 9

Metre

Answer 9

Number of beats in a bar

Question 10

Polyrhythms

Answer 10

More than one different rhythm going on at once

Question 11

Pulse

Answer 11

Beat

Question 12

Presto

Answer 12

Very fast

Question 13

Rubato

Answer 13

The player doesn’t play in strict time but speeds up/slows down to make the piece more expressive

Question 14

Swung

Answer 14

Quavers played long/short/long/short instead of even

Question 15

Syncopation

Answer 15

Rhythm where the accents are shifted from the main beat to a weaker beat

Question 16

Tempo

Answer 16

Indicating speed

Question 17

Triple time

Answer 17

Time signature with three beats in a bar

Question 18

Triplet

Answer 18

Three notes played in the time of two

Question 19

Vivace

Answer 19

Play in lively and spirited manner

Question 20

Waltz

Answer 20

A dance written in triple time, where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure