Music - Unit 1 Rhythm 0.0 / 5 ? MusicRhythmGCSEEdexcel Created by: MEKCreated on: 09-11-13 12:29 Simple time Beats divided up into 2s e.g. 3/4 1 of 17 Compound time Beats divided up into 3s e.g. 6/8 2 of 17 Beats per minute The number of beats per minute 3 of 17 Syncopation An irregular beat that falls off the beat. e.g. bar 4 Something's Coming 4 of 17 Irregular groupings Large number of notes in a beat e.g bar 4 Prelude No.15 5 of 17 Triplets 3 notes in the space of 2 e.g bar 17 Something's coming 6 of 17 Cross rhythms Parts of the music are grouped in a different pattern of beats to others. e.g. bar 1 Something's coming 7 of 17 Off beat A regular beat that falls off the beat. e.g. bar 32 Something's coming 8 of 17 Swung quavers Quavers that are written normally but played in a long-short format e.g. bar 1 All Blues 9 of 17 Accents Stress or emphasis on a note e.g. bar 4 Something's coming 10 of 17 Polymetre Parts of the music are in a different time signature to others. e.g bar 117 Electric Counterpoint 11 of 17 Rhythmic Counterpoint All the parts of the music are rhythmically the same but fall on different beats in the bar e.g. Electric Counterpoint 12 of 17 Rhythmic Displacement A rhythm moves to a different beat in the bar. e.g. bar 7 Electric Counterpoint 13 of 17 Rhythmic Augmentation Same rhythm but different note counts. e.g.bars 1-4 Prelude No.15 14 of 17 Hemiola Piece has a change in rhythm's usual pattern of beats. e.g. bar 8 And the glory of the Lord 15 of 17 Anacrusis The melody doesn't begin on the first beat of the bar. e.g bar 1 Symphony No. 40 16 of 17 Note Addition Addition of notes to the original idea of the bar. e.g. bar 3 Electric Counterpoint 17 of 17
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