Rhythm 1: How to Understand, Write, and Perform Notes Quiz

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• ___ is sound grouped into patterns
• The patterns are made through sound and silence.
• ___ defines the passage of time through the presence and absence of sound.
• ___ can be
  • Fast
  • Slow
  • Loud
  • Quiet
• ___ can speed up
• ___ can slow down

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• ____ is a type of rhythm.
• A ____ is a group of identical sounds that repeats at the same volume and at the same speed.
• No ____ is louder or more quiet than the pulse that came before or after it.

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____ can describe the underlying rhythmic movement of a piece of music that is felt but not seen or written. This means two different people can feel a ____ in two different ways for the same music!

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• A ____ is often counted or associated with a particular pulse. When this association occurs a ____ is then called “the ____” and is felt like a pulse (feeling), heard like a pulse (sound).
• A ____ can align with a pulse (sound)
• A ____ can align with the pulse (feeling).
• A ____ is different from a pulse because it can be loud or quiet and does
  not have to sound the same as the beat that came before it.
• A ____ can be created with multiple, overlapping pulses that are different from
  one another. These are different sounds that come together to create a ____.

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A ____ is a device or software application that produces a sound at even intervals of time (pulse) that can be sped up or slowed down. ____ speed is measured by how many times it makes a sound or “clicks” per minute. This is called “beats per minute” (BPM). Every click of the ____ is considered a “beat”.

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The ____ is giving the beat or pulse with spoken words or sounds. So that all musicians know where the beat is in a song, sometimes a conductor, music director, or band leader will “____” the beat.

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____ is an Italian word meaning “time.” The word ____ is used in music to describe how slow or fast a piece of music or musical phrase should be played. It is also used when listening to a piece of music, to describe how fast it is being played.

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These five, parallel lines are called the _____

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The length of the stem of a note should be the length of ____ lines of the staff. 

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The single, vertical line in the middle of the staff that divides groups of notes is called a ______.

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The two vertical lines in the middle of the staff are called a ______.

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The vertical two lines at the right side of the staff are called a _____.

The top number of a time signature shows:

The bottom number of a time signature shows:

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A musical ____ is a symbol that is placed at the left-hand side of a line of staff. There are many different ____s that make the notes that follow them mean different things, the most common are treble and bass ____s.

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____s are used for rhythm and clapping. The ____ shows
that only rhythm and counting are needed in the music that follows.