TEMPO, RHYTHM + METRE TERMINOLOGY

Question 1

tempo

Answer 1

the speed of the music

Question 2

metre

Answer 2

often indicated by a time signature, concerns the pattern and number of strong and weak beats.

Question 3

rhythm

Answer 3

the relationships between the sounds and the passage of time, and often concerns conventional groupings.

Question 4

beat

Answer 4

small numbers of beats are generally grouped into bars.
beats, notable the first of a bar are ‘strong’ or ‘accented’.