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| What term designates groups or sets of beats divided by vertical lines on the music staff? | measures |
| What word refers to a type of spontaneous musical invention? | improvisation |
| What term is used to describe the aural aspect of music in which a certain number of beats are grouped together? | meter |
| What word means deliberate shifts of the accent so that it goes against the steady beat, conflicts with it, and tries to upset the steady beat? | syncopation |
| What is a repeated musical figure called? | ostinato |
| What term refers to the emphasis placed on a sound or pitch in music? | accent |
| Ragtime was a popular form of dance music in America before________________? | World War I |
| ______________ composed the "Maple Leaf Rag." | Scott Joplin |
| Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov used _____________ in "Procession of the Nobles." | mixed meter |
| The Bamileke people perform highly rhythmic music to accompany their _______________. | warrior dance |
| Ludwig van Beethoven used ________________ for the opening section of the Second Movement of his Symphony No. 7 | simple melodic rhythm |
| Since the first beat of a group is accented, hearing the accent helps the listener to establish the ________________. | meter |
| How does Blue Man Group take a very simple musical idea and make it sound richly complex? | They make music that sounds complex by subdividing beats into beats of equal length |
| Explain the difference between beat and rhythm. | beat is a unit of musical time, a steady recurring pulse. Rhythm is the way music paces itself and moves through time. |
| Why is coordination an important asset for a musican? | While keeping a steady beat, a musician often plays one or more complex rhythms simultaneously. |
| What is melodic rhythm? | The rhythm pattern of a composition's melody. |
| What is melodic ostinato? | A repeated melodic figure |
| Name the instruments used in the "Lali" performed by the Bamileke people? | Drums, bells, and rattles |
| Explain the feeling syncopation gives the music. What causes the feeling? | It creates a feeling of imbalance or something unexpected. The feeling is caused by accents falling on weaker beats or between the main beats. |
| What is the function of meter in music? What is meant by the term mixed meter? | The meter establishes a certain number of beats per measure. A mixed meter means that the number of beats per measure changes within one composition. |
