MUS110H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Musical Notation, Tempo, Duple Coachbuilders
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In measured music the grouping of beats into a recurring pattern defined by accentuation. ". An entire piece or section of a piece is constructed of a succession of bars, and the recurring accentual pattern, whether explicitly stated or present only by implication, is the framework within which rhythm is established and perceived. ". In western notation a vertical line drawn through the staff to mark off metrical units. Hence also the metrical unit thus indicated, which in american usage is called measure . ". 1 bar/measure is 1 metrical unit in western music notation. Conducting patterns usually count the beats in 1 bar/measure. In western art music, the first beat of each bar is the downbeat", normally the strongest of the bar. Simple time" is any musical meter whose main beats are divisible by two. It can occur in duple time, triple time, quadruple time and so on. ". Rubato: the expressive alteration of rhythm or tempo.
