Rhythm explained Daniel Laberge

Rhythm exercise 4-5

The first two events

Figure used in rhythm exercise 4-5

Graphic representation

Graphic representation

This figure compared to the master figure

This figure compared to the master figure

Mental description

The first two

Usage of this figure

This figure only appeared, in popular culture, during the twentieth centuty, but mostly at the end of the 1970s.

It is almost totally absent in classical music.
With its long note on the second sixteenth note, this is another musical anapaest.
It has long been considered an upside-down rhythm.

This figure, along with the one in exercise 4-6, contain syncopations.

A syncopation occurs when a note, played on a weak rhythmic position, is sustained over the following strong position.

Strong and weak sixteenth notes

The second and fourth sixteenth notes of each beat are rhythmically weak positions.

Any note that stats on the weak second or fourth sixteenth notes and is sustained over the following strong first or third sixteenth note will create a syncopation.

Sixteenth note syncopations

Sixteenth note syncopations

Sixteenth note syncopations

How to perform

 this figure

A: Start by doing this rhythm, using the syllable "Ta".

How to perform this figure

B: Transform the third and fourth "Ta" into a "Tu".

How to perform this figure

C: Eliminate the "Tu".

How to perform this figure

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Exercise 4-5
Tempo 70 bpm

Exercise 4-5
Tempo 90 bpm

Exercise 4-5
Tempo 110 bpm

Exercise 4-5
Complete score

Tempo 70

Tempo 90

Tempo 110

Score of rhythm exercise 4-5

A complete overview of rhythm

Rhythm explained
Figure used in rhythm exercise 4-5
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Score of rhythm exercise 4-5
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