Music: The Introduction

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Music The Introduction
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Question

• Where can you expect to hear music?

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Elements of Music
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Rhythm

• Rhythm is a movement of sounds through time
• Rhythm is everywhere. It is in our speech, heart
  beats, the way we walk, etc
• Rhythm is a key element of music.
• Rhythm is the placement of sounds in time over a
  piece of music

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Rhythm

• Music historians believe that rhythm began as an
  accompaniment to rituals in some cultures

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Rhythm

• Rhythm can be simple or complex