Rhythmic%20Percussion

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Rhythmic Percussion

• Reading Rhythms
• Playing Percussion

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Rhythmic PercussionTypes of Percussion

• Percussion instruments are made up of both
  definite (pitched) and indefinite (non-pitched)
  instruments.
• Name some definite pitched instruments.
• Name some indefinite pitched instruments.
• Percussion instruments are also classified into
  five smaller categories so that one can determine
  exactly how an instrument produces sound.

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Rhythmic PercussionTypes of Percussion

• Idiophones produce sound when their bodies are
  caused to vibrate.
• Crash Cymbals
• Marimba
• Wood Block

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Rhythmic PercussionTypes of Percussion

• Membranophone produce sound when the membrane
  is put into motion.
• Bongos
• Snare Drum
• Timpani

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Rhythmic PercussionTypes of Percussion

• Chordophone produce sound when a stretched
  string vibrates.
• Hammered Dulcimer
• Piano

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Rhythmic PercussionTypes of Percussion

• Aerophone wind instruments that produce sounds
  as air vibrates through a tube.
• Siren
• Samba Whistle

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Rhythmic PercussionTypes of Percussion

• Electrophone all electrophones require a
  loudspeaker this is sufficient to assign
  electrophones to the percussion family.
• Drum Machine
• Radio

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Rhythmic PercussionTerms

• Accent the emphasis placed on a musical sound.
• Meter the aural aspect of music in which a
  certain number of beats are grouped together.
• Measure the division of beats into defined
  groups separated by a bar line.
• Time signature used to specify how many beats
  are in each measure and what note value
  constitutes one beat.

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Rhythmic PercussionAccent the Beat

• Can you accent some of the beats as you listen to
  Melodies of Love by Joe Sample? Perform the
  following patterns of accented (in black) and
  nonaccented beats (in white). Clap on the
  accented beats and snap your fingers on the
  others.
• a. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
• b. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
• c. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
• d. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
• CD 3 12 Melodies of Love
• p. 77

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Rhythmic PercussionCount and Coordinate
Rhythmic Patterns

• Can you get your right hand, left hand, and right
  foot to perform different rhythms simultaneously?
  Listen to Marvin Gayes I Heard It Through the
  Grapevine and imitate the skills of a fine
  trap-set drummer. Follow these three steps
• Listen to the recording and establish the accent
  on beat one. Tap this accent with your right
  foot every time you hear it.
• While your right foot continues to tap on one,
  use your left hand to tap regular beats of four.
  Tap these four even beats on your desk. Make
  sure you accentuate the first beat.
• Now add your right hand. Use it to sound a beat
  at double the speed of your left hand. (You will
  play eight even beats.) Use your pencil as a
  drumstick, holding it lightly as you tap these
  eight beats on your desk. In your head, think
  the eight beats by counting to eight silently as
  you play. Do not speed up!
• Play all three rhythms with the recording.
• CD 2 4 I Heard it Through the Grapevine
• p. 79

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Rhythmic PercussionMetrical Patterns and
Melodic Rhythms

• Throughout the ages, mathematicians have sought
  out patterns of numbers. This is because we
  humans are drawn to patterns and find their
  regularity or repetition comforting. The same is
  true of musicians and the music they create or
  play.
• Composers sometimes mix meters to create an
  interesting rhythmic organization in their music.
  This is true of some classical compositions and
  of the traditional and popular music associated
  with many cultures. Sometimes, two music
  categories merge. We can see this in the music
  of Russian classical composer Nicolai
  Rimsky-Korsakov. Many of his pieces, which
  employ mixed meters, draw on the traditional
  music of his Eastern European homeland.

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Rhythmic PercussionPractice and Determine Meter

• Perform duple and triple meter patterns to
  determine the meters in Procession of the
  Nobles by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. As you
  listen to the music, perform these duple- and
  triple-meter patterns. Clap on the accented beat
  (in black) and snap your fingers on the others
  (in white). Note that the vertical bars indicate
  the start of a new measure.
• Count 1 2 1 2 1
  2
• Count 1 2 3 1 2 3
  1 2 3
• Show that you can hear the changes in meter. Do
  this by clapping the
• duple and triple meters in Procession of the
  Nobles.
• CD 3 13 Procession of the Noblesp. 80

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Rhythmic PercussionHow We Hear
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Rhythmic PercussionRhythms in Everyday Life

• Did you know that rhythms can be sounded out
  using anything? You can use your body mouth,
  hands, fingers, or feet to capture a rhythm.
  You can also use found instruments ordinary
  objects like your pencil, keys, backpack, or
  desktop.
• One musical group famous for its use of found
  instruments is STOMP. This modern dance troupe
  combines exciting choreography with rhythms
  created from everyday objects. In the
  introduction to the video STOMP Out Loud, founder
  and dancer Luke Creswell states the groups goal
  to invite people to listen to the world in a
  different way and hear music where maybe they
  didnt think there was music before.

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Rhythmic PercussionIdentify Rhythm Instruments
and Perceive Musical Events

• Use your ears to tell you what ordinary objects
  are used as rhythm instruments. Listen to a
  segment from STOMP Out Loud, and write down the
  sounds you can identify. Then watch the video as
  the members of STOMP dangle from rock-climbing
  harnesses attached to a billboard on the
  Manhattan skyline.
• How does the music of STOMP invite you to listen
  to the world in a different way?
• Would you classify this performance as dance?
• How is it theatre?
• CD 3 15 STOMP Out Loud
• p. 83
• Video, Stomp

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Rhythmic PercussionBounce, Slap, Dribble, Move!

• STOMP loves to demonstrate how everyday rhythms
  in our lives can have a powerful musical effect.
  A fun way to demonstrate these rhythms is to take
  an activity like playing basketball and show how
  the basketball itself can become a musical
  instrument.

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Rhythmic PercussionAnalyze and Create Rhythms

• Watch STOMP members perform their basketball
  street-scene rhythms, then create and perform a
  similar piece. Try the following
• 1. As you watch the video, identify the meter of
  the piece performed by STOMP. How many different
  ways do they create sounds with basketballs? Use
  their performance as a basis for creating your
  own basketball rhythms that dance.
• 2. In sequential order, perform each part below.
  As you play, listen to MickeyHarts Island
  Groove to keep the tempo steady.
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• CD 3 16 Island Groove
• p. 84

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Rhythmic PercussionNote and Rest Values

• Notes actual pitches that are heard through the
  voice or an instrument in a specific amount of
  counts (durations)
• Rests silences between pitches that occur in a
  specific amount of counts (durations)
• Whole Note/Rest 4 beats
• Dotted Half Note/Rest 3 beats
• Half Note/Rest 2 beats
• Dotted Quarter Note/Rest 1 1/2 beats
• Quarter Note/Rest 1 beat
• Eighth Note/Rest 1/2 beat
• Sixteenth Note/Rest 1/4 beat

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Rhythmic PercussionNote and Rest Symbols
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Rhythmic PercussionNote Value Tree
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Rhythmic PercussionSubdividing Notes

• The number plus the and equals ONE FULL beat.
• Therefore, just the number WITHOUT the and will
  only equal HALF a beat.