Music Theory 101

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group of beats

Duple, Triple, and Quadruple Meters

Indicates how many beats there are in one measure and what rhythmic value gets one beat.

indicates the end of the movement or piece.

four beats per measure

4 equal division of beats

Two beats per Measure

three beats per measure

Rhythmic value that gets one beat.

repeating musical pulse

Pickup measure

is the first beat of each measure.

Half note gets the beat Alla breve

most used time signature 4:4 time

2 equal division of beat.

the top number is the number of beats in each measure, and the bottom number it the beat unit.

ends each bar

last beat of a measure often seems to have more energy than the downbeat

Downbeat is fundamental and stable.