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| grouping, partitioning patterning of musical events |
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| How fast a piece moves--indicated by metronome marking |
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| measurement of the number of pulses between regularly recurring accents |
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| pulses in a metric context |
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| upper number is 2, 3, 4; lower can be 2, 4, 8,16 |
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| upper number is 6, 9, 12 (lower can be 2,4,5,16). At faster tempo, beats grouped at lowest common denominator |
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| divide asymmetrically--5/8, 7/8, 8/8, 11/8; 3+2, 4+4+3, etc |
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| shift from on meter to another (2/4 -> 3/4 and back) |
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| distinction of strong and weak beats in a meter |
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| the accentuation of the weak metric beat through note length, harmony, tonality, grouping |
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| accentuation of a beat through duration |
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| accentuation of a beat through dynamic and articulative change (p, mp, mf, f) |
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| note or group of notes that begin a melody on an upbeat |
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| one that has an anacrusis |
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| irregular division of the beat |
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| division into triplets, 5-note groups, septuplets parts |
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| placement of a regular division of the beat against an irregular division |
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| contradiction of the usual metrical pattern of strong and weak beats |
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| interplay of 2 and 3 beats at a metric level (1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2-3) |
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| a constantly and literally repeated rhythmic figure |
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