Lesson test: Metre and time signatures

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Metre and time signatures

1.[2p]
How many beats does a bar of 6/8 have, and what note gets the beat?

Two beats, each a dotted quarter note

Correct

Six beats, each an eighth note

The answer is: Two beats, each a dotted quarter note

Three beats, each a quarter note

The answer is: Two beats, each a dotted quarter note

Six beats, each a dotted eighth note

The answer is: Two beats, each a dotted quarter note

2.[1p]
How many eighth notes fill one bar of 9/8?

CorrectNot quite: 9

3.[3p]
Match each time signature to the beats in one of its bars.

2/4
3/4
4/4
6/8
12/8

three quarter-note beats
two quarter-note beats
four dotted quarter-note beats
four quarter-note beats
two dotted quarter-note beats

Show the answer

2/4: two quarter-note beats 3/4: three quarter-note beats 4/4: four quarter-note beats 6/8: two dotted quarter-note beats 12/8: four dotted quarter-note beats

4.[2p]
How many seconds does one bar of 3/4 last at a tempo of quarter note = 144?

CorrectNot quite: 1.25

5.[3p]
In 4/4 at quarter note = 120, how many seconds does one note of an eighth-note triplet last?

CorrectNot quite: 0.167

6.[2p]
A bar of 3/4 and a bar of 6/8 contain the same total duration but group it differently.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

7.[2p]
Why is beaming eighth notes across the middle of a bar of 4/4 considered an engraving error?

It hides where the third beat falls, which is the secondary accent

Correct

Beams may never join more than two notes

The answer is: It hides where the third beat falls, which is the secondary accent

It changes the total duration of the bar

The answer is: It hides where the third beat falls, which is the secondary accent

It implies a compound metre

The answer is: It hides where the third beat falls, which is the secondary accent

8.[2p]
What is the one-word name for an accent placed where the metre does not expect one?

CorrectNot quite: syncopation

9.[1p]
What is an anacrusis?

One or more notes before the first full bar, leading into the first downbeat

Correct

A bar of silence at the start of a piece

The answer is: One or more notes before the first full bar, leading into the first downbeat

A change of time signature part way through

The answer is: One or more notes before the first full bar, leading into the first downbeat

A note held longer than its written value

The answer is: One or more notes before the first full bar, leading into the first downbeat

1.[2p] How many beats does a bar of 6/8 have, and what note gets the beat?

2.[1p] How many eighth notes fill one bar of 9/8?

3.[3p] Match each time signature to the beats in one of its bars.

4.[2p] How many seconds does one bar of 3/4 last at a tempo of quarter note = 144?

5.[3p] In 4/4 at quarter note = 120, how many seconds does one note of an eighth-note triplet last?

6.[2p] A bar of 3/4 and a bar of 6/8 contain the same total duration but group it differently.

7.[2p] Why is beaming eighth notes across the middle of a bar of 4/4 considered an engraving error?

8.[2p] What is the one-word name for an accent placed where the metre does not expect one?

9.[1p] What is an anacrusis?

1.[2p]
How many beats does a bar of 6/8 have, and what note gets the beat?

2.[1p]
How many eighth notes fill one bar of 9/8?

3.[3p]
Match each time signature to the beats in one of its bars.

4.[2p]
How many seconds does one bar of 3/4 last at a tempo of quarter note = 144?

5.[3p]
In 4/4 at quarter note = 120, how many seconds does one note of an eighth-note triplet last?

6.[2p]
A bar of 3/4 and a bar of 6/8 contain the same total duration but group it differently.

7.[2p]
Why is beaming eighth notes across the middle of a bar of 4/4 considered an engraving error?

8.[2p]
What is the one-word name for an accent placed where the metre does not expect one?

9.[1p]
What is an anacrusis?