MUS 354 Jazz Elements
Beat - correct answer ✔The pulse of the music (what you dance to)
Tempo - correct answer ✔The rate of the beat
Meter - correct answer ✔The organization of the beats (organized into
groups of 2 or 4 -duple meter, 3 -triple meter)
Measure - correct answer ✔one unit of the meter
Rhythm - correct answer ✔the organization of sounds in time
Syncopation - correct answer ✔the emphasis of unexpected beats
Division of the beat - correct answer ✔divided in 2 (8th notes, think "apple"),
3 (triplet 8th notes "strawberry"), or 4 (16th notes "enchilada") equal parts
Swing eighth notes - correct answer ✔bounce when we hear them
Pitch - correct answer ✔how high or low we perceive a sound to be
Scale - correct answer ✔space between two notes
harmonic - played at same time
melodic - one note played after the other
Beat - correct answer ✔The pulse of the music (what you dance to)
Tempo - correct answer ✔The rate of the beat
Meter - correct answer ✔The organization of the beats (organized into
groups of 2 or 4 -duple meter, 3 -triple meter)
Measure - correct answer ✔one unit of the meter
Rhythm - correct answer ✔the organization of sounds in time
Syncopation - correct answer ✔the emphasis of unexpected beats
Division of the beat - correct answer ✔divided in 2 (8th notes, think "apple"),
3 (triplet 8th notes "strawberry"), or 4 (16th notes "enchilada") equal parts
Swing eighth notes - correct answer ✔bounce when we hear them
Pitch - correct answer ✔how high or low we perceive a sound to be
Scale - correct answer ✔space between two notes
harmonic - played at same time
melodic - one note played after the other
