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Introduction to Music. Chapter 3: Rhythm Chapter 4: Music Notation Chapter 5: Melody ( next ). Greetings and introductions Find a seat where you would like to be for the semester – sign the sheet as when it comes Class materials & resources Syllabus with checklist Required materials
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Introduction to Music Chapter 3: Rhythm Chapter 4: Music Notation Chapter 5: Melody (next )
Greetings and introductions • Find a seat where you would like to be for the semester – sign the sheet as when it comes • Class materials & resources • Syllabus with checklist • Required materials • Class study resources • Kamien Part I, Ch. 3, 4, 5 Today’s work:
Rhythm = • general term—applies to any regularly recurring events • “the ordered flow of music through time” beat= fundamental organizer of music recurs at regular time intervals tempo= # of beats/minute Find the beat and determine the tempo for each of these excerpts. Dvorak Sousa Caroubel Morley Parker Dipper Mozart Winter Caroubel Bach
Rhythm = • general term—applies to any regularly recurring events • “the ordered flow of music through time” meter= # of beats in a group accenting selected beats groups them rhythm= precise term for time-lengths of sounds and silences measured in beats or parts of beats. beat = fundamental organizer of music recurs at regular time intervals tempo = # of beats/minute
Duple meter 1 2121212 Sousa • Triple meter123123123 Mozart downbeat Morley Bach Backbeat 2 1 Rhythmperceiving the beat and meter Caroubel Dipper Winter Parker Caroubel Winter 2 1 3
Rhythmperceiving the beat and meter quintuple meter 1 234 51234 5 12 34512 345 sextuple meter, septuple metersub-divided triple, subdivided quadruple, etc., etc., etc.!!!
Rhythm accents can… reinforce the feeling for beat and meter. lessen the feeling for beat and meter, producingsyncopation.
measure= musical container holding beats bar line downbeat (remember this?) = first & most accented beat in each measure Rhythmin musical notation 123 | 123 | 123 | 123 | Staff
Ch. 4--Notation Communicates: pitch--highness or lowness in, below, or above the staff Frère JacquesAmerica Row, Row, Row Yankee Doodle Mary Had a Little rhythm--appearance of notes and rests longer,slower moving shorter,faster moving