Rhythm elements
BEAT
When you tap your foot to the music you are "keeping the beat", or
following the structural rhythmic pulse of the music.
METER
When beats are
organized into recurring accent patterns the result is a reconocible meter, measures or bar
The most common
are:
2/4 DUPLE METER: Two pulses per group
3/4 TRIPLE METER: Three pulses per group
4/4Quadruple METER: Four beats per
group
So meter
organizes beats into groups usually of two, three or four beats; and beats can divided
into small units called SUBDIVISION usually two, three or four.
TEMPO
It is the speed
of the beat, wich can describe the number of beats per second.
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Comparative
chart of tempos
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Slower
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Faster
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Adagio
(Lento)
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Andante
(Tranquilo)
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Moderate
(Moderado)
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Allegro
(Rápido)
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Vivace
(Muy rápido)
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Presto
(Rapidísimo)
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Blues
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Pop
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Funk
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R and B
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Rack and Roll
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Heavy
Rock
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RITARDANDO:
Gradually SLOWING down the tempo
ACCELERANDO:
Gradually SPEEDING up the tempo
RITENUTTO: Slow down
suddenly
SYNCOPATION
Putting accents “off the beat” between the counted numbers
POLYRHYTHM
Cross rhythms; More than one independent rhythm or meter happening
simultaneously
