Rhythm - Note Family, Time Signatures and Counting Rhythms
5
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
-
Upload
marvin-bethelmy -
Category
Documents
-
view
40 -
download
11
description
Powerpoint of Basic Rhythm Theory including time signatures, note names and values and copunting of basic rhythmic patterns.
Transcript of Rhythm - Note Family, Time Signatures and Counting Rhythms
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
=+
+ =
=
=
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
