Rhythm exercise 2-2

Binary division and rests

Featured figures

Name	Symbols	Duration
Two eighth notes, one quarter note rest		½ beat, ½ beat, one beat

Use
of the
binary
division

About 94% of all the music on this planet is constructed on the binary division.
The style of music has some influence, jazz, for example, is mostly ternary.

Notes on the upbeats have an inferior rhythmical weight compared to those on the beats.

If you associate this to the inequality of the beats we have already seen,

this creates a grid of consecutive strengths that repeats itself at every bar.

Approximative grid of rhythmical weights

The binary
division
and
rhythmical
weights

You may have to click the Play button twice
		Tempo 70 bpm		Tempo 100 bpm		Tempo 130 bpm

Count 1, 2, 3, 4, before you start

Try this exercise in swing feel