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flow of music through time |
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regular, recurrent pulsaton that divides music into equal units
organization of music in time |
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organization of beats into regular groups |
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group containing a fixed number of beats |
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the first, or stressed, beat of a measure |
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Triple Meter
Quadruple Meter
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3 beats per measure
4 beats per measure
6 beats per measure |
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playing the note moreloudly than the notes around it |
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an accented note comes where we would normally not expect it (the offbeat note is accented) |
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ex: adagio (slow), moderato (moderate), allegro (fast) |
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