Dance Music Classification Using Inner Metric Analysis

by Elaine Chew, Anja Volk and Chia-Ying Lee

GLOSSARY: Musical Terms

= half note, also known as a minim.

= quarter note, also known as a crotchet.

= eighth note, also known as a quaver.

= sixteenth note, also known as a semi-quaver.

= eighth note rest.

= dot, indicates extension of note by 50%.

= dotted quarter note, duration equivalent of three eighth notes.

= tie, denotes a duration that is the sum of the values on either side.

= eighth note tied to quarter note, duration equivalent of

= two adjacent eighth notes in same beat connected by a beam.

= triplet eighth notes, three notes to take place in the time of

beat: A beat is a unit of time used to mark the rhythmic pulse of
music.

glissando: A glissando refers to the act of sliding between two
pitches, passing through all the pitches in between.

measure: A measure, also known as a bar is the amount of
time between two successive bar lines.

meter: The meter denotes the regular (periodic) succession of
rhythmic pulses, the grouping of beats into patterns over time.

note: A note is a symbol that represents two properties, pitch
and duration.

pitch: A pitch is a sound of some frequency. High frequency
sounds produce a high pitch, and low frequency sounds produce a
low pitch.

score: A score is the symbolic notation of a piece of music.

syncopation: Syncopation is the varying of the position of note
stress so as to avoid regular rhythm.

tempo: The tempo, typically measured in beats per minute (BPM),
is the speed at which a piece of music is performed.