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AP Theory Homework #3
Name: ____________________________ Rhythm and Meter Date: ____________________________
“Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.” - Voltaire
Drill and Vocab
Drill and Vocab
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Complete each measure with one note.
note
6. Rubato: _________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Metrical Accent: __________________________________________________________________________________
8 Ritenuto: ________________________________________________________________________________________
8.
11. The way to beam this rhythm in 2 measures is: _____ / 4
Multiple Choice
9. Compound meter always:
a. Has three beats per measure
b Has
b.
H a dotted
d tt d note
t as the
th beat
b t
c. Requires rhythms with ties
d. Subdivides into two equal parts
10. A time signature of 9/8 is best described as:
a. Compound duple
b. Simple quadruple
c. Simple triple
d. Compound triple
Written Exercise
a. answer
b answer
b.
c. answer
d. answer
12. Which of the following is a moderately slow tempo?
a. Grave
b. Allegro
c. Andante
d. Vivace
Using the meter signature given, add barlines to the following melody.
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Aural Skills / Listening
New World Symphony – Mvt. IV (0:00 – 1:26)
Antonin Dvorak
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13. This piece begins:
a. With unison woodwinds
b With unison
b.
i strings
ti
c. With pizzicato strings
d. With harmonized brass
15. On which scalar pitch do the brass begin the theme (0:23)?
a. 5
b4
b.
c. 3
d. 1
14. The first 1:26 of this piece is in:
a. Simple quadruple meter
b. Simple triple meter
c. Compound quadruple meter
d. Compound triple meter
16. Once the theme begins, accents are heard heavily on:
a. mostly beats 1 and sometimes 3
b. mostly beats 2 and sometimes 4
c. beats 1 and 2
d. beats 3 and 4
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Score Analysis
1. The meter of this piece can best be described as
a) Simple Quadruple
b) Compound Duple
c) Compound Triple
d) Compound Quadruple
2. The note that represents the beat in this meter is the
a) Dotted eighth note
b) Dotted quarter note
c)) Quarter note
Q
d) Sixteenth note
3. The first note is
a) An anacrusis
b) Equivalent to one full beat
c) Considered the downbeat
d) The note B
4. If you were to see the last measure of this piece, the beat duration would be:
a)
+
b)
+
+
c)
+
+
d)
+
+