Duration, Rhythm, & Meter

This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Sound & Music module.

Objectives

Students will understand the concept of rhythm and how it is present in ambient sound, speech and music.
Students will understand the concept of beat and meter.
Student will become familiar with IOIs, ISIs.
Student will be able to identify isochronous rhythmic layers in aural or written music and their interrelations: subdivision, beat, measure
Student will understand the relationship between movement and beat in isochronous meters.
Student will be able distinguish between metrical and phenomenal accents.
Student will understand the difference between simple/compound and complex meter structures.