rhythm - note family, time signatures and counting rhythms
DESCRIPTION
Powerpoint of Basic Rhythm Theory including time signatures, note names and values and copunting of basic rhythmic patterns.TRANSCRIPT
Family Tree of Notes
ta-a-a-a
ta-a ta-a
ta ta ta ta
ta te ta te ta te ta te
Two quavers are usually joined or beamed together. Only quavers can be beamed, because they have a tail.
Mathematical Notes
=+
+ =
=
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1.
2.
3.
4.
+ +
+
Time Signatures• Time Signature contains 2 numbers, one above the other.
• The top number tells us the amount of beats in a bar.
• A bar is what we use to group the beats into metres.
• The bottom number tells us the type of beat.
• The 4 below represents crotchet beats, because you need 4 crotchets to make a semibreve.
2 beats 3 beats 4 beats
Crotchet Beats
Time Signatures
2 crotchet beats in a bar (duple metre)
3 crotchet beats in a bar (triple metre)
4 crotchet beats in a bar (quadruple metre)
also written as: which stands for common time.
Rhythm Pattern Sample
ta ta ta ta
ta te
ta - a
ta – a – a - a
ta - a
ta - ata
tata
ta ta te ta ta
ta - a