Tag: RHYTHM

General – A Note Value that is followed by a Dot Indicates, that you should take the Note Value and Add Half of its Value to it  – use Half of the Length of the Note, i.e. if we had a 2 Beat Line we would Add the Half of that 2 Beat Line which…

General – Hemiola Arises from the Metric Ambiguity Posed by a Measure of 6 Beats, which can be Divided in 3 Groups of 2 or 2 Groups of 3 (3 to 2 Pattern) – i.e. 2 Different Patterns (2:3 Pattern) with a 2 Beat Pattern vs a 3 Beat Pattern to Form 6 Beat Groups…

General – We use Notation in a Time Signature for Example if we Do something in 3/4 Time (3 Quarter Notes per Bar), Each Measure has 3 Beats = Top Number (# of Beats per Measure) & Each Beat is 1 Quarter Long = the Bottom Number (Length of each Beat) – The Top can…

General – Two Parts Playing Different Rhythms in the Same Span of Time – i.e. the Simultaneous Use of Contrasting Rhythmic Patterns – Require at Least 2 Rhythms to be Sounding simultaneously, “Superimpose” one another for a New Composite Rhythm – use to create a Sense of Instability before Resolve Rhythm (similar to Dissonance<->Consonance) –…

– Triplet Beat = The First is exactly Twice the Duration of the 2nd Note  – Very Constant Beat

– A Single Part playing different Rhythms – Standard Time Signatures are 3/4, 2/4, 2/2, 6/8 – 6/8 is particularly Interesting cause 6 = 2 x 3 (which is a Part of 2 different Primes), you can think of 6 as 2 Groups of 3  or you can Think of it as 3 Groups of…