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These beats usually are groups of two or three sub-pulses (or pulse subdivisions). ... For example, in a 4-beat meter ("4/4" or "common time"), the first beat is the strongest beat, and the third beat is the next strongest. The second and fourth beats are "weak" beats.
- Which beats are strong and weak?
- What is a pattern of strong and weak beats?
- Which beat is usually the strongest beat?
- What meter has a strong weak weak beats?
Which beats are strong and weak?
The first beat of the measure is the strongest (it's the “downbeat”). The third beat of the measure is also strong, but not as strong as the first. The second and fourth beats are weak.
What is a pattern of strong and weak beats?
Musical time is not measured simply by a series of undifferentiated beats, rolling along one after the other. Instead, beats are organized into regular patterns of strong and weak (i.e. more emphasized and less emphasized). This patterning of strong and weak beats is called meter.
Which beat is usually the strongest beat?
Measure or bar—Beats are grouped into measures or bars. The first beat is usually the strongest, and in most music, most of the bars have the same number of beats.
What meter has a strong weak weak beats?
Classifying Meters
“strong-weak-weak-strong-weak-weak” is triple meter, and “strong-weak-weak-weak” is quadruple. (Most people don't bother classifying the more unusual meters, such as those with five beats in a measure.) Meters can also be classified as either simple or compound.
