GCSE Music: Rhythm and Metre

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  • Created on: 01-06-16 21:07
Augmentation
Repeating a rhythm or melody using longer note lengths
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Bi-Rhythm
Two independent rhythms played together
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Cross-Rhythm
Where two or more contrasting rhythms are played at the same time
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Diminuition
Repeating a rhythm or melody using shorter note lengths
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Free rhythms
Created within music that has no sense of pulse
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Hemiola
3 against 2 feel
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Irregular rhythms
Within music that has 5,7 or other numbers of beats in a bar
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Polyrhythm
A texture created by two or more rhythms playing at the same time
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Regular rhythms
In music with 2,3,4 beats in a bar
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Card 2

Front

Bi-Rhythm

Back

Two independent rhythms played together

Card 3

Front

Cross-Rhythm

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Diminuition

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Free rhythms

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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