| Bar Line | A marking that indicates the end of a measure; depicted by a vertical line through the staff.
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| Beam | Used to connect durations shorter than a quarter note when the durations occur within the same beat.
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| Beat | The basic pulse of a musical passage.
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| Compound Beat | A beat that divides into three equal parts.
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| Compound Single | A piece written in a 3/4 time signature with a fast tempo that has the aural effect of one beat per measure.
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| Divisions of the Beat | Durations representing the metric organization of a single beat.
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| Dot | A symbol that adds one-half the duration value of the note, rest, or dot that precedes it.
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| Duple Meter | Two-beat measure the typical metric accent pattern is strong-weak.
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| Duple, Triple, and Quadruple | Refers to the number of beats in each measure.
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| Hypermeter | A regular grouping of measures that is analogous to meter.
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| Measures | A grouping of beats (abbreviated m. [singular] or mm. [plural]), the ending of which is indicated with a bar line.
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| Meter | The pattern of strong and weak beats that underlies the rhythmic activity of a musical passage.
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| Metric Accent | The pattern of stresses usually found in a meter type.
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| Metronome | A device that produces regularly recurring pulses.
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| Quadruple Meter | Four-beat measure the typical metric accent pattern is strong-weakless strong-weak.
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| Rhythm | A general term used to refer to the time aspect of music, as contrasted with the pitch aspect.
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| Simple Beat | A beat that divides into two equal parts.
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| Syncopation | Rhythmic figure that stresses a normally weak beat or division of the beat.
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| Tempo | The rate at which beats occur.
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| Tie | A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch, creating a new duration that is equal to their sum.
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| Time Signature | A symbol that tells the performer how many beats will occur in each measure, what note value will represent the beat, and whether the beat is simple or compound.
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| Triple Meter | Three-beat measure the typical metric accent pattern is strong-weak-weak.
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| Tuplet | A rhythmic grouping that is divided in a manner contrary to the prevailing division of the beat, such as the division of an undotted value into some number of equal parts other than two, four, eight, and so on, or the division of a dotted value into some number of equal parts other than three, six, twelve, and so on.
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