Music - Rhythmic Devices

Front 1

Mono-rhythm

Back 1

Everybody does the same rhythm

Front 2

Polyrhythm

Back 2

Some people do different rhythms at the same time

Front 3

Bi-rhythm

Back 3

Two independent rhythms played at the same time

Front 4

Off-beat

Back 4

Playing notes between the beat of the pulse

Front 5

Syncopation

Back 5

Playing notes between the beats and holding them on across the main beats

Front 6

Cross-rhythm

Back 6

Playing/ groups of three rhythms/ of compound time metres/ against/ group of two rhythms/ of simple time metres/ at the same time.

Playing duplets against triplets.

Front 7

Complexity

Back 7

Playing cross rhythms with added syncopation

Front 8

Triplets and Duplets

Back 8

Triplets: fitting three beats into the space of two beats

Duplets: fitting two beats into the space of three beats

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Augmentation

Back 9

Doubling the rhythmic value of each note.

Front 10

Diminution

Back 10

Halving the rhythmic value of each note

Front 11

Hemiola

Back 11

Creating the effect/ of another metre/ to the actual metre of the music by displacing the metric accent

so the phrasing of the music is different.

Front 12

Drum Fill

Back 12

Completing the end of phrases on drum kits: with rapid rhythms on the drum kit

Front 13

Rubato

Back 13

This is where tempo is slowed down slightly and sped up -> to catch up with the expression of the music

Common in the Romantic era.