Compositional Languages

Fall 2012

Study Guide, Week 6: Rhythm and Meter

Names: Györgi LigetiGuillaume de MachautPhilippe de Vitry

I. Basic Rhythmic Notation Terms

PulseMeterRhythmProportion

B. Note/Rest Values:

Whole Dotted halfHalfDotted QuarterQuarterDotted EighthEighthSixteenthThirty-second

C. Tuplets:

TripletQuintuplet/pentupletSextupletSeptupletOctuplet

Nested tuplet

II. Rhythmic Operations

Syncopation

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HemiolaAugmentationDiminution

III. Polyrhythm

Multiplicative polyrhythm (polymeter)Divisive polyrhythm Micropolyphony

IV. Isorhythm

TaleaArs novaTenorMotetMass

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