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- What are irregular phrase lengths?
- What are phrase lengths?
- What are phrase lengths in music?
- What are irregular phrases?
What are irregular phrase lengths?
In irregular meters, beats do not divide evenly into groups of two, three or four. The most common irregular meters feature a top number of 5 or 7. Examples include 5/8, 5/4, 7/8 and 7/4. You might find these irregular meters to be of limited use in writing pop or rock songs.
What are phrase lengths?
Definition. One or more words that convey a single idea and may or may not adhere to grammatical conventions to form a complete phrase or sentence. “Phrase length” is demarcated in connected speech at the end of a clear pitch contour and/or at the period of silence during which the speaker pauses for a breath.
What are phrase lengths in music?
Duration or form
In common practice phrases are often four bars or measures long culminating in a more or less definite cadence. A phrase will end with a weaker or stronger cadence, depending on whether it is an antecedent phrase or a consequent phrase, the first or second half of a period.
What are irregular phrases?
Irregularity in phrases results either from reaching the cadence a bit too soon, or by an unequal association of melodic members (i.e., 2-measure group plus 3-measure group resulting in a 5- measure phrase.)
