Chapter 2 - Rhythm, Meter, and Metric Organization

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<p>Relationship of duration symbols</p>

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Music notation

It shows how long one note lasts in relation to others

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Note tree

Relationship of duration symbols

<p>Relationship of duration symbols</p>
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Rest tree

The relationship of the equivalent rests

<p>The relationship of the equivalent rests</p>
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Dot and tie

Two symbols that extend the length or duration of a note

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Dot

Used to extend the value of a single note by one-half of its original value

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Double dot

Lengthens the dotted note value by half the length of the first dot

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Tie

It combines the durational values of two or more notes of the same pitch using a curved line

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Duration

The length of time sound or silence occurs

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Beat

A regular, recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time

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Meter

The organization of musical time into recurring patterns of strong and weak beats

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Duple (Strong weak)

Two beats per measure

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Triple (Strong weak weak)

Three beats per measure

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Quadruple (Strong weak less strong weak)

Four beats per measure

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Subdivision

The division of the beat into two or three equal parts

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Rhythm

Series of durations, often varying, of sound and silence

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Tempo

The speed of thee beat

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Meter signature

Establishes the grouping of the beats and the nature of the subdivision of the beat

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Simple meter

Refers to the beat being divided equally into two parts

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Compound meter

Refers to the beat being divided equally into three parts

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Common time

Represented by a lowercase c, it is used to represent 4/4

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Alla breve (Cut time)

Designated by a c with a line going through, is a substitute of 2/2

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what represents the subdivision in compound meter

the time signature

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Asymmetrical meters

Meters that have beat units of unequal length.

The most common ones have 5 or 7 as the top number.

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Irregular division

When a note is divided into an odd number of parts

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Triplet

To divide a regular duration into three,

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Simple division of a dotted note (Duplet or Tuplet)

When two notes divide the beat

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Downbeat

The first beat of the measure

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Anacrusis

Songs that begin with one or more notes that precede the first full measure

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Syncopation

The rhythmic displacement of the expected strong beat created by using dots, rests, ties, accent marks, rhythm, and dynamics

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Hemiola

A special type of syncopation where the bead is temporarily regrouped into twos

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Cross-rhythm

Metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two

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For pitches on the middle line and above on the staff

the stems go downward.

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For pitches below the middle line

the stems extend upward.

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When drawing notes with single flags

the flag always goes on the right side of the note.

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with what should rhythmic patters be paired

with the beam to indicate beat units