Music Appreciation Section 2: Unit 1 - Rhythm

The Basic Pulse of Music

• Beat

• Accent

• Tempo

• Rhythm

Emphasis placed on a note or sound

• Pulse

• Beat

• Rhythm

• Accent

The speed of the beat (or music)

• Style

• Rhythm

• Tempo

• Form

Repeated pattern of accented and unaccented beats. Organization of beats into patterns.

• Meter

• Ruler

• Interval

• Sequence

Each unit of accented and unaccented beats

• Rhythm

• Tempo

• Measure

• Backbeat

Accents on beats 2 and 4 in a meter of 4.

A common characteristic of Rock Music

• Tempo

• Backbeat

• Meter

• Groove

Breaking a beat down into smaller parts.

Sometimes referred to as “the division of Beat”

• Syncopation

• Rhythm

• Subdivision

• Time Signature

A short repeated melodic or rhythmic pattern

• Ostinato

• Link

• Riff

• Scale

A pattern that is repeated continuously, usually longer than a RIFF, and may last for the entire song.

• Melody

• Measure

• Ostinato

• Polyrhythm

Any off - beat accent. Or an accented sound beginning on a normally unaccented beat or part of the beat. (Usually associated with rag-time music or swing)

• Backbeat

• Meter

• Syncopation

• Riff