Basic Training: Multi-Metered Music - Where's the Beat?

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Basic Training: Multi-Metered Music - Where's the Beat?
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20-22
2010/01
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When teaching middle school students how to recognize different meters, remember to emphasize that the beats and their subdivisions are all equal and even. Simple and compound are the two main categories of meters. In a simple meter, each beat is basically divided into two parts. In compound meters, each beat is divided into three parts. Making asymmetrical meters easy to recognize is the top number of the time signature. In many cases it is an odd number. Another compositional method used in many of the current concert band music is the alternation between simple, duple, triple, quadruple, and asymmetrical meters.
Théorie et analyse musicales, pédagogie , Éducation