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.