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Duration Terms

These are the key terms related to the Musical Concept of Duration

TermDefinition
Duration The Musical Concept that refers to the length of sounds and silences in music. Key terms include Beat, Meter, Rhythm and Tempo.
Rhythm The combination of sounds (notes) and silences (rests) played against an even pulse.
Rhythmic Ostinato A repeated rhythmic pattern usually played by the drummer in contemporary styles of music. Often, it is what determines the style of music e.g. Rock, Swing, Metal, Funk etc.
Time Signature Another term for Meter. The cycle of pulses and the number of beats per cycle. You can identify this aurally by finding the naturally strong beats and counting them as 1.
Simple Meter Where the pulse is in repeating cycles of 2 [Duple], 3 [Triple] OR 4 [Quadruple].
Compound Meter Where the pulse is a combination of pulses of 2 AND 3. E.G. 6/8 Time Signature [Duple and Triple]
Swung Eighths When two quavers are played unevenly - as though the beat has been divided in 3 as opposed to 2. Long short Long short.
Straight Eighths A term used to describe the even, consistent quaver rhythms used in Rock n Roll and Electric Blues by the harmony & rhythm instruments.
Waltz The term given to describe dance music in 3/4 [Simple Triple] meter.
Allegro Music played at a relatively fast tempo.
Andante Music played at relatively slow tempo or walking pace.
Presto Music played at a very fast tempo.
Lento Music played at a very slow tempo.
Moderato Music played at a medium - fairly slow - tempo
Tempo The speed or pace of a piece of music.
Polyrhythm When two or more rhythms with different pulses are heard together, e.g. where one is playing in triple time and another is playing in quadruple time - three against four.
Cross Rhythm The effect produced when two conflicting rhythms are heard together.
Syncopation When the notes or accented notes occur off the beat or across the beats.
Triplet Three even pulses in the space of two. Counted as "1 AND A"
Bar The unit of measurement used for each cycle of pulses in a piece.
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