Transcript Chapter 4 Section 2

Chapter 4
Section 1
Quote
• “As a species, we love to play with rhythm. We
deal with it every second of our lives, right to
the end.”
- Mickey Hart
Percussionist (b.1943)
Time in Music
• Beat- steady recurring pulse
• Rhythm- the way music paces itself and moves
through time.
• Accent- emphasis placed on a musical sound
• Meter- aural aspect of music in which a certain
number of beats are grouped together
• This either refers to either two(duple) or three
(triple) beats.
• Usually the first beat is accented. This helps to
establish the meter.
Time in Music
• When we group these beats together in
groupings, they are called measures.
• Measure- the division of beats into defined
groups separated by a bar line.
• Listen to “Melodies of Love” and determine what
is the meter. Listen for accent.
• CD 3 #12
• Watch a dancing with the Stars video using these
times and beats.
Coordination in Music
• Have you ever tried rubbing your stomach with
one hand while patting your head with the other?
• This is called coordination and musicians use this
all the time.
• Pianists for example may play one complex
rhythm with one hand the something simple in
the other.
• A drummer playing a trap set often uses both
hands and both feet to perform four different
rhythms.
Coordination in listening
• Listen to “I heard it through the grapevine”
• CD 2 #4
• Try to use your right foot and play Whole
note.
• Then with left hand snap quarter notes.
• Then with right hand, pat eighth notes.
Chapter 4
Section 2
Metrical Patterns and Melodic
Rhythms
• Throughout the ages, mathematicians have
sought out patterns of numbers.
• This is because we humans are drawn to
patterns and find their regularity or repetition
comforting.
• The same is true for musicians and the music
they create or play.
Mixing Meters
• Composers sometimes mix meters to create
an interesting rhythmic organization in their
music.
• Sometimes two music categories merge.
• You can see this in the recordings of Russian
classical composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
• Many of his pieces, which employ mixed
meters, draw on the traditional music of his
Eastern European homeland.
Recording
• As you listen to “Procession of the Nobles,” clap
on the accented beat and snap your fingers on
the others.
• CD 3 #13 “Procession of the Nobles”
• Listen again to determine the order of meters in
this music.
• Which of the following correctly reflects the
order?
• A. duple/triple/duple
C. triple/triple/duple
• B. triple/duple/triple
D. duple/duple/triple
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Melodic Rhythm
• Sometimes, the rhythm pattern of a
compositions melody is so distinctive that
you can “hear” the melody just by clapping it.
• Let’s try to clap “Happy Birthday.”
• Do not sing the song, just clap.
• Notice that you can sense the melody without
the additional element of pitch.
Melodic Rhythm
• Ludwig van Beethoven used a simple melodic
rhythm for the opening section of the Second
Movement of his Symphony No. 7
• Practice tapping the rhythm pattern in the
opening section (Section A.)
• CD 3 # 14
Ludwig van Beethoven
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He was one the world’s greatest
composers.
Born in Bonn, Germany
1770-1827
Despite his families poverty, his
father began teaching him music at
age four.
His compositions are generally
divided into 3 distinct style periods.
First, the early period composed
when he first started realizing his
loss of hearing.
Second, the middle period where he
wrote the famous Fifth Symphony.
Third, when he was totally deaf.
He finished the Ninth Symphony and
when the first concert was over, one
of the performers had to tug on his
sleeve to let him know that it was
over.