Composing A Rhythm Flashcards

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What should we do first when composing a rhythm with 4 bars

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We must seperate the bars into two phrases: a question and an answer phrase.

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What happens in the question phrase in the melody

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In the question phrase we will be given the first bar. For the second bar we must make it similar to the first one

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What makes a good question phrase when making a melody

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Using some old material from the first bar and some new material.

Changing the order of the notes in first bar in the second bar

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What makes a bad question phrase when making a melody

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When using the exact same note sun the exact same order

Using rests unless they are part of the rhythm in bar 1

All the notes being completely different to bar 1

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What happens in the answer phrase of a melody

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You use mostly the same type of rhythm and notes. The last note should be reasonably long (at least a crotchet)

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What makes a good answer phrase

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Using some of the same notes but not in the same order. And having a long minim end

Using all the same notes but in a different order and a long minim finish.

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What makes a bad answering phrase in a melody

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Using completely different notes to the question phrase

Using one long note and not making it interesting enough

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What are things to remember when composing rhythms

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Remember to:
Have the right amount of beats in each bar

Recycle some of the rhythms from the first bar

Have and long end

Write a tempo at the top and Dynamics at the bottom of the

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