1. Before We Begin...
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2. Rhythm - Divisions

3. Division of the Beat
In most musical passages we hear durations that are shorter than the beat
The DIVISIONS of the beat
Beats generally divide into two or three equal parts
Two equal parts is called SIMPLE TIME
Three equal parts is called COMPOUND TIME

4. Division of the Beat Don’t confuse meter with beat
Songs should be classified as the following:
Simple Duple, Simple Triple, Simple Quadruple
Compound Duple, Compound Triple, Compound Quadruple

5. Division of the Beat - Practice
Simple of Compound?
Jingle Bells
Pop Goes the Weasel
Silent Night
Home on the Range

6. Simple Time Signatures
A time signature is a symbol that tells the performer how many beats will occur in each measure, what note value will represent the beat, and whether the beat is simple of compound
Time Signatures for a SIMPLE beat have 2, 3, or 4 as the top number.

7. Simple Time Signatures
Beats per measure
Beat Note quarter half sixteenth quarter eighth quarter
Division of the Beat

8. Simple Time Signatures
Jingle Bells

9. Compound Time Signatures
If the beat divides into 3 equal parts, as in compound beat, the note value representing the beat will be a dotted value
Beat note Division of the Beat
Dotted Half
Dotted Quarter
Dotted Eighth
Dotted Sixteenth

10. Compound Time Signatures
Dotted values present a problem where time signatures are concerned. (You can’t put a fraction as the bottom number!)
Thus, a compound time signature informs the musician of the NUMBER OF DIVISIONS of beat contained in a measure (top number), and what the DIVISION DURATION is (bottom number.)
Therefore, the top number of a compound time signature will be 6, 9, or 12 (divisible by three because there’s three subdivisions per beat)

11. Compound Time Signatures
Beats per measure
Beat Note dotted quarter dotted half dotted eighth dotted quarter dotted quarter dotted half
Division of the Beat

12. Compound Time Signatures
Take Me Out to the Ball Game

13. Time Signatures Summarized
There are two types of beat - simple and compound
There are three types of meter – duple, triple, and quadruple
Remember that the BOTTOM number of a time signature stands for the beat value in simple time, but the division value in compound time

14. Assignment Worksheet (2-2 and 2-3) FRONT AND BACK!
6/8 rhythms – familiarize yourself with how compound time works/feels. You’ll perform these in class tomorrow