533r: Rhythm

533r: Rhythm

Description

Rhythm may be irregular but is usually regular. When regular it will have an underlying beat which is referred to in terms of meter and tempo. Rhythm can be defined as "the whole feeling of movement in music, with a strong implication of both regularity and differentiation in the division of time."

**Kinds of rythm**
Polyrhythm	The simultaneous use of strikingly contrasted rhythms in different parts of the musical fabric.
Proportional rhythm	“Normal” rhythm. Smaller rhythmic units are simple proportions of larger units.
Speech rhythm	Rhythmic system of a musical composition wherein the rhythm is determined by the rhythm of the spoken text.
Free rhythm	Notes of irregular length with no discernible pattern.

Context for this page:

Ocm module: Rhythm
In ocm module:
In ocm module: Music
In modular book: Expanded ethnomusicology categories for the Outline of Cultural Materials, by Kenneth R. Hollingsworth
In bookshelf: Anthropology

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 17 March 1999