Music Transcription Music Transcription Rhythmic and Metrical Dictation Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

When transcribing a passage in 6/8 time, how many eighth notes receive the primary beat emphasis?

Accepted Answer

Two groups of three eighth notes

Answer

Three groups of two eighth notes

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Six individual eighth notes

Answer

One group of six eighth notes

Question 2

A listener hears a rhythmic pattern that alternates between groups of two and groups of three at the eighth-note level within a 5/8 measure. What is this grouping pattern called?

Accepted Answer

Asymmetric or irregular grouping

Answer

Syncopation

Answer

Hemiola

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Polyrhythm

Question 3

During a metrical dictation exercise, a passage shifts from 4/4 to 3/4 without changing the tempo. What has occurred?

Accepted Answer

A meter change

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A tempo modulation

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A rhythmic augmentation

Answer

A hemiola

Question 4

Which rhythmic value completes a full measure of 3/4 time when two quarter notes have already been notated?

Accepted Answer

One quarter note

Answer

One half note

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One eighth note

Answer

Two eighth notes tied to a quarter note

Question 5

In a dictation passage, you hear consistent accents every two beats over a 3/4 time signature. What rhythmic device is being used?

Accepted Answer

Hemiola

Answer

Rubato

Answer

Augmentation

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Ritardando

Question 6

When transcribing a rhythm that features a note lasting one and a half beats in simple quadruple meter, which notation is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

A dotted quarter note

Answer

A quarter note tied to a sixteenth note

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A half note

Answer

A dotted eighth note