To develop our understanding of irregular metre
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- In this lesson, we will explore irregular time signatures further (including 7 beats per bar), understand how to notate these time signatures, and learn an ostinato pattern in irregular metre and improvise over the top.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What activity did the lesson begin with?
Composing
Not so simple!
Q2.
What is the pulse?
The length of the music
The speed of the music
Q3.
How could you describe the metre of Mars: Bringer of War?
Common time
Compound
Q4.
Who wrote The Planets suite?
Beethoven
Mozart
Q5.
How could you best describe the feeling of irregular metre?
Even
Usual
5 Questions
Q1.
What is metre?
the heartbeat of the music
the speed of the music
Q2.
What is irregular metre?
when the metre changes within a song or piece
when there is an odd number of beats
Q3.
Holst wrote 'Mars: Bringer of War' as part of his Planets suite. How many beats were there in each bar?
4
6
Q4.
Dave Brubeck wrote a piece of music called 'Unsquare Dance'. What style of music is this?
pop
rock
Q5.
Dave Brubeck (for Unsquare Dance) and The Beatles (All you need is love) both chose to use an irregular metre in their songs. What was it?
3/4
5/4