1. Chapter 3: Rhythm Chapter 4: Music Notation Chapter 5: Melody (next )

2. * Greetings and introductions * Find a seat where you would like to be for the semester – sign the sheet as when it comes * Class materials & resources * Syllabus with checklist * Required materials * Class study resources * Kamien Part I, Ch. 3, 4, 5

4. beat = fundamental organizer of music recurs at regular time intervals tempo = # of beats/minute SousaCaroubelDipperMorleyParker MozartBachCaroubelWinter Find the beat and determine the tempo for each of these excerpts. Dvorak Rhythm = general term—applies to any regularly recurring events “the ordered flow of music through time”

5. meter = # of beats in a group accenting selected beats groups them rhythm = precise term for time-lengths of sounds and silences measured in beats or parts of beats. beat = fundamental organizer of music recurs at regular time intervals tempo = # of beats/minute Rhythm = general term—applies to any regularly recurring events “the ordered flow of music through time”

6. Sousa CaroubelDipper Morley Parker Mozart 1 2 1 2 3 BachBackbeat Caroubel Winter downbeat Duple meter 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Triple meter1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

7. quintuple meter 1 2 3 4 5 sextuple meter, septuple meter sub-divided triple, subdivided quadruple, etc., etc., etc.!!!

8. We will use only duple and triple meters.

9. Rhythm accents can… reinforce the feeling for beat and meterreinforce the feeling for beat and meter. lessen the feeling for beat and meterlessen the feeling for beat and meter, producing syncopation.

10. 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | Rhythm in musical notation bar line measure = musical container holding beats downbeat (remember this?) = first & most accented beat in each measure Staff

11. Communicates: pitch--highness or lowness in, below, or above the staff rhythm--appearance of notes and rests longer, slower moving shorter, faster moving Frère Jacques America Row, Row, Row Yankee Doodle Mary Had a Little