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Dotted Eighth Note
3/4 beat (in 4/4 time)
Syncopation
Accenting the off-beats or weak parts of the measure
Accent
Emphasize the note
Cut Time (2/2 Time Signature)
2 beats per measure, half note gets one beat
Anacrusis (Pick-up)
Note or notes that come before the first full measure
Sixteenth Note
1/4 beat (in 4/4 time)
6/8 Time Signature
6 beats per measure, eighth note gets one beat
3/4 Time Signature
3 beats per measure, quarter note gets one beat
Duplets
2 notes played in the time of 3 of the same kind (in compound time)
Fermata
Hold the note longer than its written value
Tie
Connects two notes of the same pitch to add their durations together
Tuplets
Grouping of notes that alters their normal duration
Hemiola
Two bars of 3/4 time are articulated as if they were three bars of 2/4 time
Dotted Rhythms
Rhythms that use notes with dots to change their normal value
Eighth Note
1/2 beat (in 4/4 time)
Half Note
2 beats (in 4/4 time)
Sixty-fourth Note
1/16 beat (in 4/4 time)
12/8 Time Signature
12 beats per measure, eighth note gets one beat
Quarter Note
1 beat (in 4/4 time)
Staccato
Play the note shorter than the notated value
Thirty-second Note
1/8 beat (in 4/4 time)
Rests (Whole, Half, Quarter)
Silence in music; Whole (4 beats), Half (2 beats), Quarter (1 beat) in 4/4 time
Dotted Whole Note Rest
6 beats of silence in 4/4 time
Whole Note
4 beats (in 4/4 time)
Quadruplets
4 notes in the time of 3 of the same kind (in 4/4 time)
2/4 Time Signature
2 beats per measure, quarter note gets one beat
Tenuto
Hold the note for its full value, or slightly longer
Rhythmic Motif
A short rhythmic pattern repeated or varied throughout a composition
Rubato
Flexible tempo; rhythmically free or not keeping strict time
Triplets
3 notes in the time of 2 of the same kind (in 4/4 time)
Dotted Half Note
3 beats (in 4/4 time)
Dotted Quarter Note
1 and 1/2 beats (in 4/4 time)
4/4 Time Signature
4 beats per measure, quarter note gets one beat
9/8 Time Signature
9 beats per measure, eighth note gets one beat
Slur
Play all notes under the curve legato, or smoothly connected
Mixed Meter
Use of varying time signatures throughout a piece or passage
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