DURATION 3
Duration refers to the lengths of sounds and silences in music and includes the aspects of beat, rhythm, metre, tempo, pulse rates and absence of pulse.
Students should be able to discuss the following aspects of duration as relevant to the music studied:
• beat: the underlying pulse in music
• rhythm: patterns of long and short sounds and silences found in music
• tempo: the speed of the beat. Music may be relatively fast or slow and may become faster or slower
• metre: the grouping of beats. Beats can be grouped in any combination including 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and so on.
Students should understand and apply the following (where appropriate to the musical context):
• regular and irregular metres
• metric groupings
• tempo
• rhythmic devices such as syncopation, augmentation and diminution
• methods of notating duration, both traditional and graphic.
Students should be able to discuss the following aspects of duration as relevant to the music studied:
• beat: the underlying pulse in music
• rhythm: patterns of long and short sounds and silences found in music
• tempo: the speed of the beat. Music may be relatively fast or slow and may become faster or slower
• metre: the grouping of beats. Beats can be grouped in any combination including 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and so on.
Students should understand and apply the following (where appropriate to the musical context):
• regular and irregular metres
• metric groupings
• tempo
• rhythmic devices such as syncopation, augmentation and diminution
• methods of notating duration, both traditional and graphic.
Accent
Anacrusis Augmentation Backbeat Bar Beat Diminution Dotted Rhythm Duplets Duration Free Rhythm Legato Metre Multimetre Offbeat Ostinato Pause/Fermata Polyrhythm Pulse Rhythm Rubato Staccato Swing Rhythm Syncopation |
Tempo & Other Words
- Largo - Lento - Adagio - Andante - Moderato - Allegro - Vivace - Presto - Prestissimo - Ritardando - Accelerando - Molto - Poco - Piu - Meno - Meno Mosso - Piu Mosso - A Tempo - Static Time Signatures - Simple Tine Signatures - Compound Time Signatures - Irregular Time Signatures Triplets - Crotchet Triples - Quaver Triplets |
Tempo
Tempo is the speed of the beat.
Largo
40-60 beats per minute
Very slow
Tempo is the speed of the beat.
Largo
40-60 beats per minute
Very slow
Lento
60-66 beats per minute
Slowly
60-66 beats per minute
Slowly
Adagio
66-76 beats per minute
Fairly slowly
66-76 beats per minute
Fairly slowly
Andante
78-108 beats per minute
At a moderate walking pace
78-108 beats per minute
At a moderate walking pace
Moderato
108-120 beats per minute
At a moderate pace
108-120 beats per minute
At a moderate pace
Allegro
120-160 beats per minute
Fast (note the big number range within this tempo)
120-160 beats per minute
Fast (note the big number range within this tempo)
Vivace
132-168 beats per minute
Fast and lively (If the song is particularly lively call it vivace rather than allegro)
132-168 beats per minute
Fast and lively (If the song is particularly lively call it vivace rather than allegro)
Presto
168-200 beats per minute
Very vast
168-200 beats per minute
Very vast
Prestissimo
200-210 beats per minute
Extremely fast
200-210 beats per minute
Extremely fast
Other Useful Words
ritardando
Gradually getting slower (abbreviation rit.)
Gradually getting slower (abbreviation rit.)
accelerando
Gradually getting faster (aabbreviation accel.)
Gradually getting faster (aabbreviation accel.)
molto
Much. molto largo is much largo or very largo
Much. molto largo is much largo or very largo
poco
A little. Poco adagio is a little slowly
A little. Poco adagio is a little slowly
piu
More. piu forte more louder.
More. piu forte more louder.
meno
Less. meno presto is lest faster
Less. meno presto is lest faster
Meno Mosso
Less movement. Not as fast
Less movement. Not as fast
Più Mosso
More movement. Faster
More movement. Faster
A tempo
Return to the previous tempo
Return to the previous tempo
Static
The tempo is static. The tempo does not change (it has not motion).
The tempo is static. The tempo does not change (it has not motion).
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