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Anacrusis: occurs when a melody starts just before the first downbeat in a meter

Bar line: indicates the end of a measure

Beat: a pulse in the music meter

Compound meter: any meter in which the beat divides into threes and subdivides into sixes

Cut time: another name for a 2/2 time signature

Dot: a notation that adds to a note half of its value

Downbeat: beat 1 of a metrical pattern

Eighth note: a note that lasts for half a beat; has flag off its stem

Half Note: a note that lasts for two beats

Measure: unit of grouped beats; begins/ends with bar lines

Meter: grouping and divisions of beats in regular recurring patterns

Duple meter: meter that groups in units of two

Quadruple meter: meter that groups in units of four

Triple meter: meter that groups in units of three

Meter signature: located at the beginning of the first line of a musical score, after clef and key signature; AKA time signature

Quarter note: a note that lasts for one beat

Rest: a notation in a measure in which no pitch is heard or no note is played

Rhythm: patterns made by the durations of pitch and silence in a piece

Simple meter: meter in which the beat divides into two and subdivides into fours

Sixteenth note: a note that lasts for a quarter of a beat; has a stem with 2 flags

Slur: an arc that connects 2+ pitches

Syncopation: off-beat rhythmic accents created by dots, ties, rests, dynamics, or accent marks

Tempo: how fast/slow music is played

Tie: small arc that connects 2+ note heads of identical pitches; adds to duration of note

Time Signature: synonym of meter signature

Upbeat: occurs when a melody starts just before the first strong beat in a meter

Whole note: a note that lasts for four beats