MUSC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Duple Coachbuilders
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Rhythm: is what moves music forward in time. Meter: marked off in measures, organizes the beats in music. Downbeat: measures often begin with a strong one. Simple meters: duple, triple, and quadruple- are the most common; each beat is divided into two. Compound meters: divide each beat into three rather than two. Rhythmic complexities occur with: offbeats, syncopation, polyrhythm. Some music is nonmetric, with an obscured pulse. Rhythm: movement of music in time. Beat: regular pulse, basic unit of rhythm. Some beats are accented more than others. Patterns of accented and unaccented beats are called meters: marked off in measures (bars) Downbeat = strong beat; upbeat = weak beat. Duple meter: one two, one two, etc. Triple meter: one two three, one two three, etc. Syncopation: accent shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat. Polyrhythm: simultaneous use of conflicting rhythmic patterns. Additive rhythms: patterns built from combinations.
