Rhythmic Patterns and Time Signature

It is considered as one of the most important elements in music because it keeps the music flowing or going.

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Notes

• Time Signature

The word rhythm comes from the Greek word rhythmos, derived from rhein, which means ______.

• to flow or to stream

• to measure

• to reveal

• to continue

Identify the statements that describe rhythm.

• It is all about pulses and how pulses are grouped together in sets

• It isa is a measured movement.

• It is present when things happen in the flow of time.

• It is what makes music interesting.

• It is as naturally part of your daily life as it is part of music.

It is the combination of notes and rests in a given meter.

• Rhythmic pattern

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Time Signature

It is the combination of long and short duration of sounds and silences or with different time values.

• Rhythmic pattern

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Time Signature

It forms measures.

• Rhythmic pattern

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Time Signature

These are vertical lines that divide groups of notes and rests into measures.

• Time Signature

• Bar lines

• Notes

• Double bar lines

These are two bar lines to indicate the end of the music.

• Time Signature

• Bar lines

• Notes

• Double bar lines

It is written at the beginning of the measure. This indicates the groupings of notes.

• Time Signature

• Bar lines

• Notes

• Double bar lines

In a time signature, the _____ number indicates the number of beats in each measure.

• upper

• lower