Ch. 2: RHYTHM Flashcards
What does the RHYTHM do?
Moves music FORWARD in time
What is a BEAT?
**unit of the “rhythm”
—regular pulse that divides TIME into equal segmentation
What is an ACCENTED BEAT?
**Some beats “Stronger” than others
—(regular intervals - every other beat, every 3rd beat, every 5th beat, and so on)
What is the METER?
Organized PATTERNS
Meters are marked off in __________
*measures (or bars)
—containing a fixed # of beats
Measures are designated with ___________, or REGULAR “VERTICAL” lines through the staff
**MEASURE (bar) LINES
The FIRST BEAT of each pattern is know as_____________? (OR referring to the DOWNWARD stroke of conductors hand)
DOWNBEAT
What is the DUPLE METER?
**it is a STRONG downbeat with a weak beat
EXAMPLE:
ONE two, ONE two)—(⬇️⬆️
What is a TRIPLE METER?
3 beats to a measure or 1 strong and 2 weak or (has more ups than downs)
EXAMPLE: waltz
(ONE two three)—(⬇️⬆️⬆️)
What is a QUADRUPLE METER?
**4 beats to the measure—primary accent on 1ST BEAT && secondary accent on 3RD BEAT
BROAD feeling (& can’t hear ALL beats)
EXAMPLE:
(⬇️⬆️⬇️)
What is the METER that has a BEAT divided into 2?
**SIMPLE METER
—((simple duple,simple triple,simple quadruple))
EXAMPLE:
(ONE-and, two-and; or ONE-and, two-and, three-and)
What is a COMPOUND METER?
**BEAT divided into 3
What is the most common COMPOUND METER, and has 6 BEATS to the measure, or 2 MAIN beats that EACH divides into 3???
***SEXTUPLE METER(or compound duple)
EXAMPLE:
ONE-and-a, TWO-and-a
What is this most common technique called __________ (WHICH also is a “deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern accents” (or throwing off)
SYNCOPATION
What is in between STRONGER BEATS? Or shifted to weak beat???
OFFBEAT
