Transcript Rhythmic Percussion

Rhythmic
Percussion
Reading Rhythms
Playing Percussion
Rhythmic Percussion:
Types of Percussion
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Percussion instruments are made up of
both definite (pitched) and indefinite (nonpitched) instruments.
Name some definite pitched instruments.
 Name some indefinite pitched instruments.
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Percussion instruments are also classified
into five smaller categories so that one can
determine exactly how an instrument
produces sound.
Rhythmic Percussion:
Types of Percussion
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Idiophones – produce sound when their
bodies are caused to vibrate.
Crash Cymbals
 Marimba
 Wood Block
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Rhythmic Percussion:
Types of Percussion
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Membranophone – produce sound when
the membrane is put into motion.
Bongos
 Snare Drum
 Timpani
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Rhythmic Percussion:
Types of Percussion
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Chordophone – produce sound when a
stretched string vibrates.
Hammered Dulcimer
 Piano
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Rhythmic Percussion:
Types of Percussion
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Aerophone – wind instruments that
produce sounds as air vibrates through a
tube.
Siren
 Samba Whistle
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Rhythmic Percussion:
Types of Percussion
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Electrophone – all electrophones require a
loudspeaker; this is sufficient to assign
electrophones to the percussion family.
Drum Machine
 Radio
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Rhythmic Percussion:
Terms
Accent – the emphasis placed on a musical
sound.
 Meter – the aural aspect of music in which a
certain number of beats are grouped
together.
 Measure – the division of beats into defined
groups separated by a bar line.
 Time signature – used to specify how many
beats are in each measure and what note
value constitutes one beat.
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Rhythmic Percussion:
Accent the Beat
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Can you accent some of the beats as you listen to “Melodies of
Love” by Joe Sample? Perform the following patterns of accented
(in black) and nonaccented beats (in white). Clap on the accented
beats and snap your fingers on the others.
a.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
b.
1
2
3
4
5
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7
8
c.
1
2
3
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d.
1
2
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7
8
CD 3 #12: “Melodies of Love”
p. 77
Rhythmic Percussion:
Count and Coordinate Rhythmic Patterns
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Can you get your right hand, left hand, and right foot to perform
different rhythms simultaneously? Listen to Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It
Through the Grapevine” and imitate the skills of a fine trap-set
drummer. Follow these three steps:
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Listen to the recording and establish the accent on beat one. Tap this
accent with your right foot every time you hear it.
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While your right foot continues to tap on one, use your left hand to tap
regular beats of four. Tap these four even beats on your desk. Make
sure you accentuate the first beat.
3.
Now add your right hand. Use it to sound a beat at double the speed
of your left hand. (You will play eight even beats.) Use your pencil as
a drumstick, holding it lightly as you tap these eight beats on your
desk. In your head, think the eight beats by counting to eight silently
as you play. Do not speed up!
4.
Play all three rhythms with the recording.
CD 2 #4: “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”
p. 79
Rhythmic Percussion:
Metrical Patterns and Melodic Rhythms
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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 of musicians
and the music they create or play.
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Composers sometimes mix meters to create an interesting rhythmic
organization in their music. This is true of some classical compositions
and of the traditional and popular music associated with many
cultures. Sometimes, two music categories merge. We can see this
in the music 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.
Rhythmic Percussion:
Practice and Determine Meter
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Perform duple and triple meter patterns to determine the meters
in “Procession of the Nobles” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. As
you listen to the music, perform these duple- and triple-meter patterns.
Clap on the accented beat (in black) and snap your fingers on the
others (in white). Note that the vertical bars indicate the start of a new
measure.
Count:
1
2
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1
2
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1
2
Count
1
2
3
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1
2
3
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1
2
3
Show that you can hear the changes in meter. Do this by clapping the
duple and triple meters in “Procession of the Nobles.”
CD 3 #13: “Procession of the Nobles”
p. 80
Rhythmic Percussion:
How We Hear
Rhythmic Percussion:
Rhythms in Everyday Life
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Did you know that rhythms can be sounded out using anything? You
can use your body – mouth, hands, fingers, or feet – to capture a
rhythm. You can also use found instruments – ordinary objects like
your pencil, keys, backpack, or desktop.
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One musical group famous for its use of found instruments is STOMP.
This modern dance troupe combines exciting choreography with
rhythms created from everyday objects. In the introduction to the
video STOMP Out Loud, founder and dancer Luke Creswell states the
group’s goal: to invite people to “listen to the world in a different way
and hear music where maybe they didn’t think there was music
before.”
Rhythmic Percussion:
Identify Rhythm Instruments and Perceive
Musical Events
Use your ears to tell you what ordinary objects are used as
rhythm instruments. Listen to a segment from STOMP Out Loud,
and write down the sounds you can identify. Then watch the video as
the members of STOMP dangle from rock-climbing harnesses
attached to a billboard on the Manhattan skyline.
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How does the music of STOMP invite you to listen to the world in a
different way?
Would you classify this performance as dance?
How is it theatre?
CD 3 #15: STOMP Out Loud
p. 83
Video, Stomp
Rhythmic Percussion:
Bounce, Slap, Dribble, Move!
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STOMP loves to demonstrate how everyday
rhythms in our lives can have a powerful
musical effect. A fun way to demonstrate
these rhythms is to take an activity like playing
basketball and show how the basketball itself
can become a musical instrument.
Rhythmic Percussion:
Analyze and Create Rhythms
Watch STOMP members perform their basketball street-scene
rhythms, then create and perform a similar piece. Try the
following:
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As you watch the video, identify the meter of the piece performed by STOMP.
How many different ways do they create sounds with basketballs? Use their
performance as a basis for creating your own basketball rhythms that dance.
In sequential order, perform each part below. As you play, listen to Mickey
Hart’s “Island Groove” to keep the tempo steady.
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CD 3 #16: “Island Groove”
p. 84
Rhythmic Percussion:
Note and Rest Values
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Notes – actual pitches that are heard through
the voice or an instrument in a specific amount
of counts (durations)
Rests – silences between pitches that occur in a
specific amount of counts (durations)
Whole Note/Rest – 4 beats
 Dotted Half Note/Rest – 3 beats
 Half Note/Rest – 2 beats
 Dotted Quarter Note/Rest – 1 1/2 beats
 Quarter Note/Rest – 1 beat
 Eighth Note/Rest – 1/2 beat
 Sixteenth Note/Rest – 1/4 beat
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Rhythmic Percussion:
Note and Rest Symbols
Rhythmic Percussion:
Note Value Tree
Rhythmic Percussion:
Subdividing Notes
•The number plus the
and equals ONE FULL
beat.
•Therefore, just the
number WITHOUT the
and will only equal
HALF a beat.