Definition
The movement of music with
respect to time and duration.
Terminology
- Ostinato
- repetition
- syncopation
- duple vs. triple meter
- accented rhythms (on which beat is the rhythmic pulse most evident?)
- tempo
- Rhythmic texture
"Bolero"
By: Maurice Ravel
- premiered in 1928
- a one movement composiiton
- written for large orchestra
including saxophone
- composition is built on
an unchanging rhythmic
ostinato played by the snare
drum
Ostinato Pattern
"Drumbone"
by: Blue Man Group
- Established in 1987
- comedy, music, multimedia theatrics
- performed to more than 17 million people
- often creative pitched percussion instruments are used in performances
Rhythm