MUS 121 Lecture Notes - Fermata
• Rhythm
o The ordered flow of music through time
• Beat
o The regular recurrent pulsation in most music
• Meter
o The organization of beats into meter
o Duple, triple, quadruple
• Tempo
o Determines how fast or slow a piece of music is performed
• Rubato
o Indicates freedom to move ahead or fall behind the tempo
• Fermata
o Tells a performer to hold a note longer than its normal time
• Melody
o A series of notes that add up to a recognizable whole
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