Beats can be grouped into two’s, three’s and four’s
In a rhythm, you can identify the beat pattern by listening to the occurrence of strong beat
Songs have sections where the music rhythm has strong and weak beats
Strong beats occurs when strong force is applied on a beat
Weak beats occurs when little force is applied on a beat
Two- Beat Pattern
Is a beat pattern which has the strong beat occurring after every two counts or beats
Accent Sign
This sign means that force must be put on a beat
A beat in music is a steady pulse
Three- Beat Pattern
Is a beat pattern which has the strong beat occurring after every three counts or beats
Four- Beat Pattern
Is a beat pattern which has the strong beat occurring after every four counts or beats
The beat patterns helps us feel the song either two’s, three’s, four’s
Conducting can help to identify if a song in two or four-beat pattern.
The strong beat is shown by the hand’s downward movement
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