Rhythm
Patterns of duration, accent, and timing in music.
16 terms
AnacrusisrhythmOne or more notes that precede the first full bar of a piece, functioning as an …BarrhythmA segment of music bounded by bar lines, containing a fixed number of beatsBeatrhythmThe basic unit of time in music — the regular pulse a listener feelsCompound timerhythmTime signatures in which each beat subdivides naturally into three equal parts.CrotchetrhythmA note lasting one beat in common time, equivalent to a quarter note in American…Dotted NoterhythmA note followed by a dot, which increases its duration by half its original valu…DownbeatrhythmThe first and strongest beat of a bar, typically where the conductor's baton rea…HemiolarhythmA rhythmic device in which two bars of triple time are made to sound like three …MetrerhythmThe recurring pattern of strong and weak beats that organises music into regular…OffbeatrhythmAny beat or subdivision that falls between the main beats of a bar, often used f…PolyrhythmrhythmThe simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythmic patternsQuaverrhythmA note lasting half a beat in common time, equivalent to an eighth note in Ameri…Rubato (rhythm)rhythmA flexible approach to tempo in which some beats are slightly lengthened and oth…SyncopationrhythmDeliberate displacement of the expected rhythmic accentTime SignaturerhythmA notational convention indicating how many beats are in each bar and which note…TripletrhythmA group of three notes played in the time normally occupied by two notes of the …
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