English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

b. Choose the correct answer.




  1. The meter ____.
    a. is the overall rhythmic feeling of a piece of music
    b. consists of repetitive patterns of strong (accented) and weak
    (unaccented) beats
    c. is the smallest unit of measure of musical time
    d. a and b




  2. The ____ is the underlying regular rhythm of a song.
    a. meter b. measure
    c. beat d. bar




  3. Groups of beats are set apart from each other by ____.
    a. bars b. bar lines
    c. measures d. rests




  4. ____ are the spaces between the bar lines.
    a. bars b. beats
    c. measures d. a and c




  5. The ____ lasts for two beats.
    a. whole note b. half note
    c. quarter note d. eighth note




  6. A ____ occupies a measure of four beats.
    a. whole rest b. half rest
    c. quarter rest d. eighth rest




  7. A quarter note has a ____ attached to it.
    a. beam b. stem
    c. flag d. dot




  8. The quarter note lasts for ____.
    a. one fourth of a measure b. one fourth of a beat
    c. one beat d. a and c



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