You can take any meter grouping and subdivide it by simple or compound to get completely different rhythmic feels. When listening to songs subdivided into simple meter, they sound even and “straight” songs in compound subdivision sound “swung”.ĭUPLE: beat is in groups of 2 (try counting along to a song 1-2 | 1-2 …) To complicate things even more, every beat can be SUBDIVIDED into two equal halves (simple) or three equal thirds (compound).
2-beat measures are in duple meter, 3-beat measures are in triple meter, and 4-beat measures are in quadruple meter. Measures can have any number of beats in them, but most commonly have 2, 3, or 4 beats. Musical phrases are broken down into segments that show rhythmic groupings known as MEASURES. How beats are grouped into small patterns within a larger song. In fact, you should do this for the purpose of this course :) METER You can download free metronome apps to your phone. Tempo is most easily determined by the use of a METRONOME, an analog or digital device that clocks the number of bpms by clicking/tapping at the same speed as the music. The speed of the beat (slow, medium, fast, etc.). *NOTE* When someone says “I love the beat of that song” … what they mean is that they love the rhythmic structure/pattern … but what they’re actually saying in musical terminology is that they love how fast or slow it goes … TEMPO
The pulse of the music in terms of how fast or slow it flows by (the pulse you tap your foot to while listening to a song)Ħ0 bpm = 1 beat per second - a song at 60 bpm would be considered slowġ20 bpm = 2 beats per second - a song at 120 bpm would be twice as fast as 60, a medium speedĢ40 bpm = 4 beats per second - a song at 240 bpm would be considered very fast
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