MUSC 2140 Study Guide - The Microphones, Johnny Hodges, Benny Moten

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Identify and describe recordings by andy kirk and his twelve clouds of joy. Identify and describe recordings by the count basie band. And develop criteria for appraising these performances. Meter the organization of recurring pulses into patterns. Duple meter the most common form of meter, grouping beats into patterns of twos or fours; every measure, or bar, in duple meter has either two or four beats. Irregular meter a meter featuring beats of unequal size (some are divided into twos, others into threes). A meter of five, for example, features two beats one divided into three notes, the other divided into two notes. Triple meter a meter that groups beats into patterns of threes; every measure, or bar, of triple meter has three beats. Downbeat the first beat of a measure, or bar. (or the place where we agree to begin our counting). *the professor does a great job explaining this in simpler terms: countermelody: