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Chapter 4
Find the Beat, Feel the Rhythm
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Time in Music
What happens at any given moment in music depends on four fundamentals Beat – steady, recurring pulse Rhythm – pace of music through time Accent – emphasis on musical sound Meter – duple or triple groups of beats;
accent on first beat; creates measures
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Coordination in Music
Keeping more than one rhythm going at one time
One or more complex rhythms performed while keeping beat
Piano, organ, drum set, etc.
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Metrical Patterns and Melodic Rhythms
Mixing meters Humans commonly seek patterns in
numbers and music Combine two or more meters to create
interesting rhythmic organization Melodic Rhythm
Distinctive rhythm pattern Can sense melody without the element
of pitch
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Born in 1770 in Germany to poor family
Began to study violin and piano at age 4
First self-employed composer Three distinct style periods Became totally deaf in 1815
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Rhythms in Everyday Life
Found instruments – ordinary objects used as instruments
STOMP Modern dance troupe famous for its use
of found instruments Experience music in a different way from
unexpected places
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Improvisation Musician makes up music as he
performs Simultaneous composer and performer Done within musical boundaries
i.e., Elaborate on familiar melody Key feature in jazz Direct form of self-expression
Take chances Think ahead in the music
Among highest forms of human thinking
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Rhythms in the Music of the Bamileke
Cameroon, a republic in Africa Lali (warrior) dance of the Bamileke
people Performed only by males Preparation and celebration Ability/skill in in battle, confidence, and
manliness; tribal unity and pride
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Syncopation Shifting accents “off the beat” Accents occur on weaker beats or in
between beats Interruption of steady beat to create
unexpected imbalance Ragtime– American syncopated music style
Popular in early 20th century Amatuer musicians could buy sheet music Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, and Eubie Blake Syncopated melody over steady beat in bass
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Scott Joplin
Born in Texas in 1868 Taught himself to play piano Published first collection of rags in
1899 Ragtime and Joplin fell out of favor
before WWI, but rediscovered in 1970s
Works considered American classics
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Creative Rythms Successful long-running dance and
drumming acts (STOMP, Blast, Bring in Da Noise)
Unusual sounds, creative rhythms, imaginative showmanship
Blue Man Group Humor and unusual instruments
(barrels, pipes, etc.) Several troupes in locations around the
world Use of complex subdivisions of the beat
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Vocabulary Accent – the emphasis
placed on musical sound
Meter – aural aspect of music in which a certain number of beats are grouped together
Measure – the division of beats into defined groups separated by a bar line
Improvisation – spontaneous musical invention
Ostinato – a repeated musical figure
Syncopation – deliberate shifts of accent so that it conflicts with the steady beat