Macrobeats, microbeats, and rhythm pattern categories.

Macrobeats, microbeats, and rhythm pattern categories.

1. Macrobeats and microbeats are not tied to note names or time signatures,
but refer to tempo beats and meter beats.
2. A rhythm pattern has a minimum of two underlying macrobeats.
The “typical” rhythm pattern has four underlying macrobeats.
3. Three rhythm elements must work together simultaneously to create a strong,
consistent rhythmic performance: macrobeats, microbeats, and rhythm patterns.
Macrobeats and microbeats provide the context (meter) for rhythm patterns.
4. Rhythm patterns are chanted while audiating or moving to underlying
macrobeats (tempo beats) and microbeats (meter beats).
5. Rhythm patterns are functional, meaning that they are separated into
meaningful categories. Learning rhythm patterns in sequential categories
provides a way to recognize and remember music when listening, performing,
creating, or reading notation.
6. Music staff notation of rhythm is enrhythmic: a rhythm pattern can be
notated different ways and still sound the same.
7. The six rhythm pattern categories are:
1) Macrobeat and microbeat
2) Divisions
3) Division-elongations and elongations
 4) Rest
5) Tie
6) Upbeat