QEGS Music Department
Rhythm
&
Metre
Rhythm: the length of time a note lasts, measured in beats.
Metre: How many beats and of what type fit into a bar.
Basic Rhythm
Basic Rhythm
All music has a pulse - a steady beat that is there in the background, even when you can't hear it.
Notes (musical sounds) can last for different numbers of beats. You can have notes that last for 1, 2, 3 or 4 beats and also really fast ones that last for 1/2 or 1/4 beat.
You get different rhythms by mixing up notes that last for different numbers of beats.
Rhythm Notation
Rhythm Notation
Semibreve: 4 beats
Minim: 2 beats
Crotchet: 1 beat
Quaver: 0.5 beat
Semiquaver: 0.25 beat
Dotted Rhythms
Dotted Rhythms
Dotted Semibreve
6 beats
Dotted Minim
3 beats
Dotted Crotchet
1.5 beats
Dotted Quaver
0.75 beats
Rests
Rests
Semibreve
Minim
Crotchet
Quaver
Semiquaver
Bars and Barlines
Bars and Barlines
All music has a pulse - a steady beat that is there in the background, even when you can't hear it.
Notes (musical sounds) can last for different numbers of beats. You can have notes that last for 1, 2, 3 or 4 beats and also really fast ones that last for 1/2 or 1/4 beat.
You get different rhythms by mixing up notes that last for different numbers of beats.
Syncopation
Syncopation
All music has a pulse - a steady beat that is there in the background, even when you can't hear it.
Notes (musical sounds) can last for different numbers of beats. You can have notes that last for 1, 2, 3 or 4 beats and also really fast ones that last for 1/2 or 1/4 beat.
You get different rhythms by mixing up notes that last for different numbers of beats.
Triplets
Triplets
All music has a pulse - a steady beat that is there in the background, even when you can't hear it.
Notes (musical sounds) can last for different numbers of beats. You can have notes that last for 1, 2, 3 or 4 beats and also really fast ones that last for 1/2 or 1/4 beat.
You get different rhythms by mixing up notes that last for different numbers of beats.
Cross Rhythms
Cross Rhythms
All music has a pulse - a steady beat that is there in the background, even when you can't hear it.
Notes (musical sounds) can last for different numbers of beats. You can have notes that last for 1, 2, 3 or 4 beats and also really fast ones that last for 1/2 or 1/4 beat.
You get different rhythms by mixing up notes that last for different numbers of beats.
Polyrhythms
Polyrhythms
All music has a pulse - a steady beat that is there in the background, even when you can't hear it.
Notes (musical sounds) can last for different numbers of beats. You can have notes that last for 1, 2, 3 or 4 beats and also really fast ones that last for 1/2 or 1/4 beat.
You get different rhythms by mixing up notes that last for different numbers of beats.
Time Signatures
Time Signatures
All music has a pulse - a steady beat that is there in the background, even when you can't hear it.
Notes (musical sounds) can last for different numbers of beats. You can have notes that last for 1, 2, 3 or 4 beats and also really fast ones that last for 1/2 or 1/4 beat.
You get different rhythms by mixing up notes that last for different numbers of beats.
Ties
Ties
All music has a pulse - a steady beat that is there in the background, even when you can't hear it.
Notes (musical sounds) can last for different numbers of beats. You can have notes that last for 1, 2, 3 or 4 beats and also really fast ones that last for 1/2 or 1/4 beat.
You get different rhythms by mixing up notes that last for different numbers of beats.
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