Strong beat and weak beat
Rhythm is an essential element of music.
For this reason it is necessary to understand how it is really structured and how it gives music the feature of movement.
Today we will go more in-depth into this concept and introduce some fundamental concepts including:
- what are downbeat and upbeat
- what are rhythmic accents
- what distinguishes strong beat from weak beat
- why strong beat is so important in melody and harmony
Learning material of this lesson
| 5 videos | 20 mins |
|---|---|
| 1. Why music is motion | 2m 54s |
| 2. What are downbeat and upbeat | 1m 51s |
| 3. Binary, ternary and quaternary rhythmn | 3m 21s |
| 4. Rhythmic accents: strong beat and weak beat | 4m 28s |
| 5. Two considerations about the importance of strong beat | 7m 27s |
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