Homework on Rhythm # 1

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Questions will be based on pages 41 to 47 in the music textbook. Please read these pages and answer all the questions.

1. Name 2 ways rhythm is demonstrated in our lives, environment or our bodies. Pg 41.

2. Define beat. Pg 41

3. Define meter. Pg 43

4. What is the meter for the song “America”? pgs 42 - 43

5. What is the meter for the song “Mary had a Little Lamb”? pg 43

6. What is the meter of a Waltz? Pg 44

7. Define tempo? Pg 45

8. What kind of feeling is associated with a fast tempo? Pg 45.

9. What kind of feeling is associated with a slow tempo? Pg 45.

10. Define syncopation. Pg 44 - 45

11. What kind of music is characterized by the use of syncopation? Pg 45]

12. What is a tempo indication? Pg 45

13. What is the Italian word for “as fast as possible”? pg 45

14. What is a metronome? Pg 46

15. What is the meter of the song “I Got Rhythm” by George Geshwin (see description to the song I Got Rhythm in the rhythm packet).

16. What is the meter of the song “The Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck? (see description to the song The Unsquare Dance in the rhythm packet).