DANC 126 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sixteenth Note, Thirty-Second Note, Notehead
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Rhythm: the organization of music in respect to time; the regular occurrence of beat. Beat: the regular pulse of music which may be dictated by the rise or fall of the hand or baton of the conductor, by a metronome, or by the accents in music. Pulse: the consistent heartbeat of a rhythm/a rise and then fall in amplitude, similar to a square wave but staying up for less time than staying down. Subdivision: the division of the beat in simple meter (div. by two) into four equal parts or in compound meter (div. by three) into six equal parts. Triple: a metrical pattern having three beats to a measure. Meter (metre): the system of regularly recurring pulses, they are most often grouped by periodic accents. Simple meter: a meter that has a simple division of beat. Compound meter: meter in which each beat is divisible by three rather than two.
