Rhythm
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ONE – two – three – FOUR – five – six – etc. “Take Five” is an example of a triple meter followed by a duple. For example Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five” 1 2 3 4 5. In mixed meter, two opposing meters happening one right after another.
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For example a simultaneous occurrence of duple and triple. In compound meter you have more than one meter at the same time. Two additional meters found much less frequently in music, are compound meter and mixed meter. How we hear the beat can tell us if a piece of music is a march, a dance, a forceful powerful gesture or a gentle flowing elegance. Beats form the background against which a composer or musician place notes of varying length. A beat is the physical part of the music that makes us tap our toe, clap our hands or move our body. The basic recurring unit of time in music is beat. In music it occurs in patterns of tension and release and in through musical expectation and fulfillment. There is also a sense of rhythm in the recurring pattern of day and night, the four seasons of the year and the rise and fall of the tides. In many ways we feel rhythm in our heartbeat and when we breath and walk. Rhythm is the time aspect of music or the way sound in arranged through patterns of time. Rhythm: “the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats.”īelow are review pages regarding music notation and rhythm.
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We will learn rhythmic patterns from their beginning elements and progress to more advanced analysis and listening. In music, rhythm is a basic building block of pattern and structure. Much of our experience is based upon rhythmic patterns (sleep/wake, morning/night, in/out, up/down, etc.). Rhythm is an important aspect of music and life.