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Week 2: Lecture b
Metre and Patterns

I. Introduction

A. Announcements

B. Content

II. Metre

A. Introduction

B. Complex Rhythms

1. Different Kinds of Complex Rhythms

a) Changing time signatures

b) Unusual time signatures

c) Polyrhythms

2.  Use your ears!

C. Graph

D. Examples

III. Patterns

A. Introduction

B. Rhythmic Patterns

C. Melodic Patterns

D. Harmonic Patterns (Next class)

V. Reading and Listening

A. Reading

1. Macan, Edward, Rocking the Classics, p. 30-56.

B. Listening

1. Continue the graph for "Roundabout"

2. "Firth of Fifth" (Piano Introduction), CD-01, track 2. Try to write down the metric structure