Rhythm Reading 2e - Elementary Through Advanced Training

Preface XV Introduction 1(4) Rhythm and Pitch 1(1) Hints for Practicing 1(1) Conducting 2(1) Tempo Markings 3(2) UNIT I FUNDAMENTAL RHYTHM PATTERNS 5(104) Chapter 1 Simple Meter 7(21) Simple and Compound Meters 7(1) Time Signatures for Simple Meters 8(1) Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple Meters with a Quarter-Note Beat 9(1) Exercises 10(14) Quadruple meter Half rest Tie Note endings Duple meter Triple meter Augmentation dot Whole note and whole-note rest Beaming Common time Whole-measure rest Meter changes Composite meters Conducting in 5/4 (2+3) Conducting in 5/4 (3+2) Conducting in 7/4 Canon Hocket Self-Test on Written Concepts 24(2) Recommended Listening 26(2) Chapter 2 Compound Meter 28(14) Time Signatures for Compound Meters 28(3) Compound Duple, Triple, and Quadruple Meters with a Dotted Quarter-Note Beat 31(1) Exercises 31(9) One beat per measure Beaming over rests The % sign Retrograde canon Self-Test on Written Concepts 40(1) Recommended Listening 41(1) Chapter 3 Simple Meter: Quarter-Note Beat 42(15) Exercises 42(13) Anacrusis Multi-measure rests Inverted dotting Double dotting Measured tremolo Augmentation canon Self-Test on Written Concepts 55(2) Chapter 4 Compound Meter: Dotted Quarter-Note Beat 57(10) Exercises 57(9) One beat per measure Measured tremolo Split measures Self-Test on Written Concepts 66(1) Chapter 5 Simple Meter: Half-Note Beat 67(13) Equivalent Cells 67(1) Exercises 68(11) Double whole note; double whole rest Alla breve Hypermeter Diminution canon Self-Test on Written Concepts 79(1) Chapter 6 Compound Meter: Dotted Half-Note Beat 80(11) Equivalent Cells 80(1) Exercises Hypermeter 81(9) Self-Test on Written Concepts 90(1) Chapter 7 Simple Meter: Eighth-Note Beat 91(10) Equivalent Cells 91(1) Exercises XXX 92(8) Self-Test on Written Concepts 100(1) Chapter 8 Compound Meter: Dotted Eighth-Note Beat 101(8) Equivalent Cells 101(1) Exercises 102(6) Self-Test on Written Concepts 108(1) UNIT II IRREGULAR DIVISION OF THE BEAT 109(32) Chapter 9 Simple Meter: All Beat Values 111(16) Introduction to Irregular Division of the Beat 111(2) Quarter-Note Beat 113(1) Exercises 113(7) Triplets Quintuplets Sextuplets Septuplets Irregular division with measured tremolo Half-Note Beat 120(1) Exercises 121(2) Eighth-Note Beat 123(1) Exercises 123(2) Self-Test on Written Concepts 125(2) Chapter 10 Compound Meter: All Beat Values 127(14) Irregular Division of the Beat in Compound Meter 127(1) Dotted Quarter-Note Beat 128(1) Exercises 128(4) Duplets Quadruplets Quintuplets Septuplets Dotted Half-Note Beat 132(1) Exercises 133(3) Dotted Eighth-Note Beat 136(1) Exercises 137(1) Self-Test on Written Concepts 138(3) UNIT III SYNCOPATION 141(42) Chapter 11 Simple Meter: Quarter-Note Beat 143(13) Introduction to Syncopation 143(2) Exercises 145(9) Cross rhythms: superduplet Supertriplet Less common cross rhythms "Four against three" "Three against four" "Two against five" Self-Test on Written Concepts 154(1) Recommended Listening 155(1) Chapter 12 Compound Meter: All Beat Values 156(11) Dotted Quarter-Note Beat 156(1) Exercises Hemiola 156(4) Dotted Half-Note Beat 160(1) Exercises 160(2) Dotted Eighth-Note Beat 162(1) Exercises 162(3) Self-Test on Written Concepts 165(2) Chapter 13 Simple Meter: Half-Note Beat; Eighth-Note Beat 167(16) Half-Note Beat 167(1) Exercises 168(6) Eighth-Note Beat 174(1) Exercises 174(6) Self-Test on Written Concepts 180(3) UNIT IV EXCERPTS FROM MUSIC LITERATURE 183(34) Chapter 14 Excerpts in Traditional Meters 185(8) Exercises Rhythmic alteration in Baroque music 185(8) Chapter 15 More Challenging Excerpts in Traditional Meters 193(10) Exercises 193(10) Chapter 16 Excerpts in Nontraditional Meters 203(14) Composite Meter 203(1) Exercises 204(4) Double Meter 208(1) Exercises 208(1) Unusual Beat Units 209(1) Exercises Longa 209(1) Metric Modulation 210(1) Exercises 211(1) Polymetric Music 212(1) Exercises 212(1) Ametric Music 213(1) Exercises 214(2) Self-Test on Written Concepts 216(1) Appendix A Special Rhythmic Symbols in Twentieth-Century Music 217(2) Appendix B Rhythm Cells 219(2) Simple Meter 219(1) Compound Meter 220(1) Appendix C Recommended Speech Cues 221(2) Simple Meter 221(1) Compound Meter 222(1) Glossary of Musical Terms 223(2) Acknowledgments 225(2) Index 227