Chapter 2 - Rhythm, Meter, and Metric Organization

It shows how long one note lasts in relation to others

Relationship of duration symbols

The relationship of the equivalent rests

Two symbols that extend the length or duration of a note

Used to extend the value of a single note by one-half of its original value

Lengthens the dotted note value by half the length of the first dot

It combines the durational values of two or more notes of the same pitch using a curved line

The length of time sound or silence occurs

A regular, recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time

The organization of musical time into recurring patterns of strong and weak beats

Two beats per measure

Three beats per measure

Four beats per measure

The division of the beat into two or three equal parts

Series of durations, often varying, of sound and silence

The speed of thee beat

Establishes the grouping of the beats and the nature of the subdivision of the beat

Refers to the beat being divided equally into two parts

Refers to the beat being divided equally into three parts

Represented by a lowercase c, it is used to represent 4/4

Designated by a c with a line going through, is a substitute of 2/2

the time signature

Meters that have beat units of unequal length.

The most common ones have 5 or 7 as the top number.

When a note is divided into an odd number of parts

To divide a regular duration into three,

When two notes divide the beat

The first beat of the measure

Songs that begin with one or more notes that precede the first full measure

The rhythmic displacement of the expected strong beat created by using dots, rests, ties, accent marks, rhythm, and dynamics

A special type of syncopation where the bead is temporarily regrouped into twos

Metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two

the stems go downward.

the stems extend upward.

the flag always goes on the right side of the note.

with the beam to indicate beat units