*Introduction to Music

Chapter 3: Rhythm

Chapter 4: Music Notation

Chapter 5: Melody (next )

*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

*Today’s work:

Ch. 3: Rhythm

beat = fundamental organizer of music

recurs at regular time intervalstempo = # of beats/minute

Sousa Caroubel Dipper Morley Parker

Mozart BachCaroubelWinter

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”

meter = # of beats in a groupaccenting 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 intervalstempo = # of beats/minute

Rhythm =

general term—applies to any regularly recurring events“the ordered flow of music through time”

Rhythmperceiving the beat and meter

Sousa

Caroubel Dipper

Morley

Parker

Mozart

1 2

1 23

Bach Backbeat

Caroubel Winter

Winter

downbeat

Duple meter 1 2 1 2 1 2

1 2 Triple meter1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

Rhythmperceiving the beat and meter

quintuple meter1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

sextuple meter, septuple metersub-divided triple, subdivided quadruple, etc., etc., etc.!!!

We will use only duple and triple meters.

Rhythm

accents can…

reinforce the feeling for beat and meter.

lessen the feeling for beat and meter, producing syncopation.

1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 |

Rhythmin musical notation

bar line

measure = musical container holding beats

downbeat (remember this?) = first & most accented beat in each measure

Staff

Ch. 4--Notation

Communicates:pitch--highness or lowness in, below, or above the staff

rhythm--appearance of notes and rests

longer,slower moving

shorter,faster moving

Frère JacquesAmerica

Row, Row, RowYankee Doodle

Mary Had a Little