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what moves music forward
length, duration of individual notes |
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basic unit of rhythm
regular pulsation |
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| first accented beat of each pattern |
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marks off in measures, organizes beats
patterns into which rhythmic pulses are organized |
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patterns in notation
unit of fixed number of beats |
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beat has duple subdivisions
(duple, triple, quadruple) |
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two beats per measures
strong-weak |
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three beats per measure
strong-weak-weak |
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four beats per measure
strongest-weak-strong-weak |
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| each beat is subdivided into three subbeats |
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six beats to the measure
accents on one and four
strongest-weak-weak-strong-weak-weak |
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deliberate disruption of regular patterns
accent shifted to weak or offbeat |
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simultaneous use of different rhythmic patterns
African, jazz, rock |
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music without a strong sense of beat or meter
obscured pulse |
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