Rhythm and Meter

Rhythm

Note elements
[MFO Basic Durations 5-8]

Notation guidelines

[Noteheads]
[Stems]
[MFO Rhythm Notation 2]

Rests

Whole and half rests
Eighth and sixteenth rests
[MFO Rests 2-6]

Ties and Dots

Ties
Dots
Double dots
[MFO Ties and Dots, 2, 4-6


Meter


Duple, triple, and quadruple

[Hymns]

Meter Types

simple division
compound division
[MFO Meter Types 4-5]

[Hymns]


   

Time signatures

[MFO Meter Calligraphy 2]

Simple vs. Compound


[MFO Meter Signatures 3-7]




Beaming

[MFO Meter Calligraphy 6-9]

[Homework prep]