Year 7

How can different rhythm cycles work together?

Year 7

How can different rhythm cycles work together?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore ostinatos, layering of musical ideas, polyrhythms and more complex time signatures.

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8 Questions

Q1.
How many beats is a dotted semibreve worth?
2
4
Correct answer: 6
Q2.
How many beats is a dotted minim worth?
1
2
Correct answer: 3
Q3.
How many beats is a dotted crotchet worth?
1
Correct answer: 1 1/2
2
Q4.
What is retrograde?
Playing the music as written
Correct answer: Playing the music backwards
Playing the music out of time
Q5.
What is note addition?
Correct answer: Adding a note to an already composed rhythm
Playing the music backwards
Playing the music out of time
Q6.
What is note subtraction?
Adding a note to an already composed rhythm
Playing the music backwards
Correct answer: Subtracting a note to an already composed rhythm
Q7.
What is syncopation?
Correct answer: Playing off the beat
Playing on the beat
Playing the music backwards
Q8.
What is improvisation?
Correct answer: Making something up on the spot
Playing off the beat
Playing the music backwards

7 Questions

Q1.
What is an ostinato?
Correct answer: A continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm
A rhythm that does not repeat
A rhythm that repeats four times
Q2.
What is layering?
Playing one rhythm only
Playing the same musical idea as everyone else
Correct answer: Putting another musical idea on top of an existing one
Q3.
What is a polyrhythm?
Playing one rhythm only
Playing the same rhythm as everyone else
Correct answer: Playing two or more rhythms at the same time
Q4.
What does the top number of a time signature tell you?
Correct answer: How many beats are in a bar
The type of beat to play
To always play in crotchets
Q5.
What does the bottom number of a time signature tell you?
How many beats are in a bar
Correct answer: The type of beat to play
To always play in crotchets
Q6.
Which of these is not an example of a simple time signature?
2/4
3/4
Correct answer: 6/8
Q7.
Which of these is not an example of a compound time?
12/8
Correct answer: 2/4
9/8