CH3L3: Rhythm & Timbre

• Rhythm - It refers to the aspect of time in music. • It determines how long or how short a pitch will sound, the employment of time patterns, the length of silences in between notes, and covers the speed of the music
• Beats or counts - used to measure musical time
• Meter - a repeating pattern of strong and weak beats.
• Duple meter – type of meter where beats are grouped in twos. The best example of this is a march, reflecting the movement of our two feet
• Triple meter – type of meter where beats are grouped in threes. An example of song that uses this meter is “Bahay Kubo”.
• Rubato– means ‘robbed time.’ When doing it, musicians stretch the rhythm of the music, the meter wavers and it becomes elastic
• Tempo – dictates the pace of music, and it sets the mood and gives character to the piece.