MUSC 101 Music Fundamentals - Spring 2012

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Unit 3 In Class Rhythm Examples

Definitions

long note symbol is long

short note symbol is short

Example 1

short note symbol short note symbol short note symbol short note symbol short note symbol short note symbol short note symbol short note symbol etc

Is this duple, triple, or quadruple meter?

Example 2

long note symbol long note symbol long note symbol long note symbol long note symbol long note symbol long note symbol long note symbol etc

Is this duple, triple, or quadruple meter?

In duple meter one long note symbol is equal to two short note symbol (10101010...)

In triple meter one long note symbol is equal to three short note symbol (100100100...)

In quadruple meter one long note symbol is equal to four short note symbol (100010001000...)

Example 3

long note symbol short note symbol long note symbol short note symbol long note symbol short note symbol long note symbol short note symbol etc

In triple meter how many beats is a long?, a short? (101...)

In quadruple meter how many beats is a long?, a short? (1001...)

Example 4

long note symbol short note symbol short note symbol long note symbol short note symbol short note symbol long note symbol short note symbol short note symbol long note symbol short note symbol short note symbol etc

This example sounds the same in quadruple and duple meter.

In duple meter how many beats is a long?, a short? (10 11...)

In quadruple meter how many beats is a long?, a short?( 1011...)

Example 5

In this example two shorts equal one long and the shorts are of equal duration.

short note symbol short note symbol long note symbol short note symbol short note symbol long note symbol short note symbol short note symbol long note symbol short note symbol short note symbol long note symbol (1110...)

Example 6

In this example two shorts equal one long but the two shorts are not equal in duration. The first short lasts longer than the second.

dotted short symbol
=
long note symbol
75% - 25%
100%

dotted short symbol long note symbol dotted short symbol long note symbol dotted short symbol long note symbol dotted short symbol long note symbol (1001 1000...)

Example 7 Schumann: Soldier's March

Duple meter

Soldiers March Duple

Repeat 8 x.

Notation

Schumann rhythm example

Example 8 Bach: Minuet in G

long triple
=
long note symbol long note symbol long note symbol

Triple meter subdivided into six units 1 1 1 1 1 1 (one and two and three and)

Bach Minuet Counting

Notation

Bach rhythm example

Example 9 Chopin: Prelude in c minor

Quadruple meter

Chopin Prelude

Repeat 12 times, three four measure phrases.

Notation

Chopin rhythm example

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Revised by John Ellinger, Spring 2012.