Rhythm PT 2

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Rhythm PT 2
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Common Notation

• The way in which music is transcribed is known as
  common notation.
• Common notation divides music into segments known
  as measures or bars.
• These segments are divided with vertical lines
  known as bar lines

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Example of common notation
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Downbeat

• The first beat of a measure in music .
• These beats are organized in a pattern of beats
  know as a Time Signature.

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Time Signature

• The top number indicates how many beats are in a
  measure.
• The bottom number indicates the type of number
  that will receive one beat.

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Time Signature

• Understanding the bottom number.
• 4 A Quarter note (a fourth)
• The quarter note will receive one beat

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Common Time

• The most common note values are known as common
  time.

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• While music is made up of notes (pitches,
  sounds), music can also employee silences
  (rests).

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Syncopation

• Any rhythm that puts and emphasis on a beat or
  part of the beat that is not emphasized.
• This is sometimes know as you off-beat or between
  the beats

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Syncopation

• Follow the following week for an excellent
  example on guitar
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vVzxtFo0XZns

Syncopation
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Syncopation

• Can happen anywhere in a song
• Any weak note in a progression can be accented
  through Syncopation.

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Syncopation

• Syncopation can make any song sound jaunty,
  jazzy, unsteady, surprising, uncertain, and
  exciting