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Listening to the vocabulary

Listen and write the word or words you hear.

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Revising music theory

Listen to the sound files and fill in the gaps with the missing word. Read the information aloud till you can pronounce correctly.

1.

A triplet consists of a group of notes that are played within the same time occupied by two notes of the same .

  

2.

A duplet consists of a group of notes that are irregularly played in the time usually taken by notes. This is the of a triplet.

3.

Syncopation means that a note or a group of notes starts on a beat and finishes on a beat. For example, in a two time signature containing a quaver a and a quaver, the crotchet starts on the part of the first beat, which is weak, and finishes on the second part of the second beat, which is strong.  

4.

Tempo refers to the at which a melody is performed. It may be indicated with a mark at the beginning of a musical , or through an Italian term such as larghissimo, , andantino, or prestissimo.

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5.

Enharmonic equivalence refers to notes that share the same but have names. For example, E and F are enharmonic equivalents..

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