English For Music Students

II. Vocabulary Practice

a. Match the words with their definitions.

____ 1. bar

____ 2. underlying

____ 3. metre

____ 4. occupy

____ 5. beat

____ 6. value

____ 7. equivalent

____ 8. rest

____ 9. repetitive

____ 10. quarter note

____ 11. consistent

____ 12. whole note

a. the length or duration of a musical note

b. a period of silence of a specific duration

c. equal; corresponding

d. a subdivision of time in music; one measure

of a piece of music

e. a note of one beat long; equal to one fourth

of a whole note

f. recurring; cyclic

g. steady; constant

h. fill; live in

i. the rhythm of music; the rhythmic pattern of

beats

j. fundamental; basic

k. a note of four beats long

l. a basic unit of measurement of musical time

b. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the list.

triplet half rest beat eighth note equivalent value

whole bar line

1. A ____ shows the beginning and the end of each measure.