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==Resources==
==Resources==


==== Readings ====
* [https://tobyrush.com/theorywiki/index.php?title=Duration,_Rhythm,_%26_Meter Review: See readings for lesson on Duration, Rhythm, & Rhythm]
* F. Tobey [http://legacy.earlham.edu/~tobeyfo/musictheory/Book1/FFH1_CH1/1D_MetricExamples.html "Standard Metrical Arrangements]" (''A Feeling for Harmony'').
* R. Hutchinson (''Music for the 21st cent. classroom):''
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/BlockChordAccompaniments.html Block Chord Accepts]
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/AfterbeatsOffbeats.html Afterbeats/Off-beats]
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/ThreeTwoClave.html 3-2 Son Clave]
* ''Open Music Theory v2''
** "[https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/chapter/swing-rhythms/ Swing rhythm & Backbeats]"
** "[https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/chapter/syncopation-in-pop-rock-music/ Syncopation & Tresillo]"
==== Listening or Videos ====
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ceiFrrHlbI&list=PLpM0dGwm-tSMGIHTV-2wZVML3O1tnwm4S Rhythmic & Beat Patterns Example Playlist] (Youtube)
'''Instructor Resources'''
* H. Krebs. Metrical Consonance and Dissonance: Definitions and Taxonomy." (''Fantasy Pieces: Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Robert Schumann).''
* R. de Toledo. "Chapter Two: Core Rhythms." (''African Rhythm as the Foundation of Contemporary Bass Performance''. Masters thesis, University of Auckland: 2018.)


==Class Activities==
==Class Activities==


*Review of meter terminologies including simple/compound/complex meters.
*Review of meter terminologies including simple/compound/complex meters.
*Exploration, demonstration and performance of different beat patterns (i.e., rock, bossa, four-on-the-floor, waltz)
*Exploration, demonstration and performance of different beat patterns (i.e., backbeat, four-on-the-floor, waltz, tresillo, claves, polka/oompah)
*Discussion of metrical levels (subdivision, beat, measure, phrase, hypermeter).
*Discussion of metrical levels (subdivision, beat, measure, phrase, hypermeter).


Revision as of 02:08, 1 February 2021

This lesson is part of the Rhythm, Meter & Form category.

Objectives

  • Students will be able to analyze the meter and beat pattern of a piece of music.
  • Students will be familiar with different beat patterns (and their instrumentation) used in contemporary and popular music.
  • Students will be able to predict the effect a particular meter and/or beat pattern will have in a musical composition.
  • Students will be able to identify the sounds and accents in a musical rhythm/texture that support their metrical hearing
  • Students will be able to analyze meter using multi-level approach that identifies the subdivision, beat, measure (and if possible phrase and hypermeter)
  • Students will be familiar with basic conducting patterns for commonly used meter signatures (meters conducted in 2, 3, 4, 6).

Resources

Readings

Listening or Videos

Instructor Resources

  • H. Krebs. Metrical Consonance and Dissonance: Definitions and Taxonomy." (Fantasy Pieces: Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Robert Schumann).
  • R. de Toledo. "Chapter Two: Core Rhythms." (African Rhythm as the Foundation of Contemporary Bass Performance. Masters thesis, University of Auckland: 2018.)

Class Activities

  • Review of meter terminologies including simple/compound/complex meters.
  • Exploration, demonstration and performance of different beat patterns (i.e., backbeat, four-on-the-floor, waltz, tresillo, claves, polka/oompah)
  • Discussion of metrical levels (subdivision, beat, measure, phrase, hypermeter).

Assignments

  • Meter identification of written and recorded musical excerpts
  • Identification, matching and/or transcription of beat patterns

Notes

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