Rhythmic Concepts

Question 1

rallentando

Answer 1

music gets gradually slower

Question 2

rubato

Answer 2

played in a free way rhythmically

Question 3

scotch snap

Answer 3

a short accented note followed by a longer note. found in strathspey

Question 4

cross rhythms

Answer 4

2 notes are played against 3

Question 5

dotted rhythms

Answer 5

long notes followed by a short note and vice versa. jolty effect

Question 6

triplets

Answer 6

3 notes in 1 beat

Question 7

anacrusis

Answer 7

notes which appear before the first strong beat of a bar

Question 8

three against two

Answer 8

one line or part playing quavers in groups of two while another part plays triplets

Question 9

pause

Answer 9

musical flow is held up by a long note or silence

Question 10

accented

Answer 10

notes that are stressed

Question 11

hemiola

Answer 11

appears in baroque music where music which has three beats in a bar moves to two beats and creates a cross rhythm over a bar line. gives an almost rallentando effect. used to emphasises a cadence

Question 12

augmentation

Answer 12

the length of notes are doubled so music sounds slower

Question 13

diminution

Answer 13

length of notes are halved making the music sound faster. opposite of augmentation

Question 14

time changes

Answer 14

changes in time signature

Question 15

irregular metres

Answer 15

regular time changes