Prosody (music)In music, prosody is the way the composer sets the text of a vocal composition in the assignment of syllables to notes in the melody to which the text is sung, or to set the music with regard to the ambiance of the lyrics. However, the relationship between syllables and melodic notes is just one dimension of musical prosody. According to Pat Pattison, prosody is "The appropriate relationship between elements, whatever they may be." In this sense, every element in a song can and should create prosody, because prosody is "support for what is being said.
Triple metreTriple metre (or Am. triple meter, also known as triple time) is a musical metre characterized by a primary division of 3 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 3 (simple) or 9 (compound) in the upper figure of the time signature, with , , and being the most common examples. The upper figure being divisible by three does not of itself indicate triple metre; for example, a time signature of usually indicates compound duple metre, and similarly usually indicates compound quadruple metre.
Métronomevignette|droite|Photo montrant un métronome électronique simple et un métronome mécanique à ressort. Un métronome est un instrument donnant un signal audible permettant d'indiquer un tempo, vitesse à laquelle doit être jouée une musique. Il est surtout utilisé dans l'étude d'une partition, la mise en place d'une interprétation ou la recherche du minutage (timing) d'une œuvre musicale. thumb|upright=0.5|Métronome à battements muets d'Étienne Loulié. vignette|Photo d'un métronome format carte de crédit.
Additive rhythm and divisive rhythmIn music, the terms additive and divisive are used to distinguish two types of both rhythm and meter: A divisive (or, alternately, multiplicative) rhythm is a rhythm in which a larger period of time is divided into smaller rhythmic units or, conversely, some integer unit is regularly multiplied into larger, equal units. This can be contrasted with additive rhythm, in which larger periods of time are constructed by concatenating (joining end to end) a series of units into larger units of unequal length, such as a meter produced by the regular alternation of and .
Half-time (music)In popular music, half-time is a type of meter and tempo that alters the rhythmic feel by essentially doubling the tempo resolution or metric division/level in comparison to common-time. Thus, two measures of approximate a single measure of , while a single measure of 4/4 emulates 2/2. Half-time is not to be confused with alla breve or odd time. Though notes usually get the same value relative to the tempo, the way the beats are divided is altered.
Cross-beatIn music, a cross-beat or cross-rhythm is a specific form of polyrhythm. The term cross rhythm was introduced in 1934 by the musicologist Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980). It refers to a situation where the rhythmic conflict found in polyrhythms is the basis of an entire musical piece. The term "cross rhythm" was introduced in 1934 by the musicologist Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980), who, with Klaus Wachsmann, took-up extended residence in Zambia and Uganda, respectively, as missionaries, educators, musicologists, and museologists.
Clavethumb|right|Jouer avec une paire de claves La clave est un rythme joué avec l'instrument de percussion qu'on appelle les claves. La clave, instrument et rythme, est d'origine africaine, même si le nom est en espagnol de Cuba et signifie « clef ». On rencontre le concept de clave et l'instrument chez tant de peuples en Afrique, qu'il est pratiquement impossible de savoir de quelle région ils proviennent. Ce fut donc géographiquement et historiquement un lien parfait entre toutes les nations africaines, qui se retrouvèrent, malgré elles, mélangées à Cuba.
Étouffement (guitare)In music, notably in jazz, a ghost note (or a dead, muted, silenced or false note) is a musical note with a rhythmic value, but no discernible pitch when played. In musical notation, this is represented by an "X" for a note head instead of an oval, or parentheses around the note head. It should not be confused with the X-shaped notation () that raises a note to a double sharp. On stringed instruments, this is played by sounding a muted string. "Muted to the point where it is more percussive sounding than obvious and clear in pitch.
