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*Students will be able to describe and perform a meter from a given time signature. | |||
*Students will be able to describe the meter of a piece by ear and give a specific time signature. | |||
*Students will be able to conduct with the appropriate pattern given the time signature of a musical excerpt. | |||
*Students will be able to notate musical rhythms within different metrical scaffoldings. | |||
== | ==Resources== | ||
== | ====Readings==== | ||
*Handout on Meter Terminology | |||
*Teoria.com on [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/02-measure.php time signature], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/10-units.php beat units], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/11-compound.php simple and compound meters] | |||
*Musictheory.net on [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/12 measures and time signature] | |||
*R. Hutchinson. [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/meter.html "Meter."] ''(Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom).'' | |||
*[http://www.musiccrashcourses.com/lessons/meter.html "Grouping Beats: Meter."] (''Music Crash Courses''). | |||
*F. Tobey. [http://legacy.earlham.edu/~tobeyfo/musictheory/Book1/FFH1_CH1/1D_MetricExamples.html "Standard and Less Common Rhythms."] (''A Feeling for Harmony).'' | |||
*T. Rush. [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-meter.pdf "Meter Notation."] (''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People''). | |||
*T. Rush. [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/beaming.pdf "Metrical Beaming."] (''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People''). | |||
*T. Rush. [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/complex-meter.pdf "Complex Meters."] (''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People''). | |||
*[http://community.wvu.edu/~mh0001/CS8.pdf "Rhythm & Meter Cheat Sheet."] (''WVU Music Theory Vault).'' | |||
*[https://www.musicnotes.com/now/musictheory/note-beaming-and-grouping-in-music-theory/ "Note Beaming and Music Theory."] (''Music Notes''). | |||
==Class Activities== | |||
== Notes == | *Discussion of the classification of meters and symbology of time signatures | ||
*Matching of heard metrical to written metrical structures | |||
*Performance of basic identifying rhythms in different meters | |||
*Meter identification of music from different genres and time periods | |||
==Assignments== | |||
*Matching recorded examples to written meters | |||
*Meter classification based on identification of beat and division | |||
==Notes== | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 21 December 2024
| This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament category. |
Objectives
- Students will be able to describe and perform a meter from a given time signature.
- Students will be able to describe the meter of a piece by ear and give a specific time signature.
- Students will be able to conduct with the appropriate pattern given the time signature of a musical excerpt.
- Students will be able to notate musical rhythms within different metrical scaffoldings.
Resources
Readings
- Handout on Meter Terminology
- Teoria.com on time signature, beat units, simple and compound meters
- Musictheory.net on measures and time signature
- R. Hutchinson. "Meter." (Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom).
- "Grouping Beats: Meter." (Music Crash Courses).
- F. Tobey. "Standard and Less Common Rhythms." (A Feeling for Harmony).
- T. Rush. "Meter Notation." (Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People).
- T. Rush. "Metrical Beaming." (Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People).
- T. Rush. "Complex Meters." (Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People).
- "Rhythm & Meter Cheat Sheet." (WVU Music Theory Vault).
- "Note Beaming and Music Theory." (Music Notes).
Class Activities
- Discussion of the classification of meters and symbology of time signatures
- Matching of heard metrical to written metrical structures
- Performance of basic identifying rhythms in different meters
- Meter identification of music from different genres and time periods
Assignments
- Matching recorded examples to written meters
- Meter classification based on identification of beat and division