Rhythm and Meter
Excerpt 1: from Ludwig Senfl: Ich Weiss nit, was er ihr verheiss - duple
Excerpt 2: Paul Lansky: notjustmoreidlechatter duple
Excerpt 3: Johannes Brahms: Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen from the German Requiem - triple
Excerpt 4: William Duckworth: War Department from Southern Harmony compound 6/8
Excerpt 5: Frank Sinatra: Something Four
Excerpt 6: Monteverdi: Zefiro Torna - triple or duple. The accompaniment is in a triple time while the singers sing in a duple time.
Excerpt 7: JS Bach Chorale Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud: duple
Excerpt 8: Benjamin Britten: She's Like the Swallow In 6
Excerpt 9:Waza tribe of the Sudan: The Woman Slept on an Old, Dirty Mat - Duple
Excerpt 10: Dave Brubeck: Take Five 5/4
Excerpt 11: from JS Bach: Wachet Auf: - triple
Excerpt 12: Anonymous album of Burmese Music Natural rhythm there is no meter.
Excerpt 13: Further along in the same work: Alternating meter Four, four, four, six
Excerpt 14:William Duckworth: Leander from Southern Harmony constantly changing
Chances are excerpt 14 proved quite diffcult. In fact it changes nearly every measure. Try now counting it out along with the numbers provided here.
changing: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-4-3; 3-3-3-3; 4-4-4-4; 4-3-4-3; 4-3-4-3; 4-4-4-4; 4-5-4-5; 3-3-3-3; 4-3-4-3; 4-3-4-3
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