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Music 110: Rhythm
Term | Definition |
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Rhythm | movement of music in time; what moves music forward |
Beats | regular pulsation; a basic unit of rhythm |
Meter | collected, or patterns, of accented and unaccented beats |
Musical Patterns | consist of a simple and a compound meter |
Syncopation | accent shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat |
Polyrhythm | simultaneous use of conflicting rhythmic patterns |
Additive Rhythms | patterns built from combinations |
Nonmetric | no strong sense of beat or meter |