Rhythm & Meter Quiz

What is rhythm?

• A mixture of pitches that are played together

• A pattern or recurrence of events (long and short sounds/silences)

• A concept discovered by musicians in the 20th century

• The tempo of a song

What is the beat?

• The numbers that appear at the beginning of the staff

• The rhythm that always changes

• The reddish plant that grows in the ground

• The foundational unit of time, or pulse, of the music

Can the rhythm be the same as, or line up with, the beat?

• Yes, rhythms can be the same as, or line up with, the beat

• No, rhythms cannot be the same as, or line up with the beat

What is meter?

• The arrangement of rhythmic patterns into strong (stressed) and weak (unstressed) beats

• The distance between two pitches

• The volume of sound

• The speed or rate of the beat

What symbol indicates the meter of a piece of music?

• Dynamic marking

• Key Signature

• Time Signature

• Tempo marking

What kind of note is this?

• Up Note

• Full Note

• Half Note

• Quarter Note

How many eighth notes equal the same amount of time as one quarter note?

• Four

• Two

• One

• Six

Which of these choices is NOT an actual time signature?

(Hint: Look at the bottom number)

• 4

  4

• 2

  2

• 4

  15

• 6

  8

How many quarter notes equal the same amount of time as one whole note?

• Six

• Two

• Four

• Eight

What kind of note is this?

• Whole Note

• Eighth Note

• Sixteenth Note

• Side Note