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The student should be able to define and understand:

• Pulse (“beat”), Tempo (“rate”), and Meter (“ratio”).
• Simple Meter: recognizing and analyzing Simple Time Signatures.
• Compound Meter: recognizing and analyzing Compound Time

Signatures.

• Time Signatures that may be perceived as either Simple or Compound

and why they are so perceived.

• Using the Time Signature Table as a tool for graphing Time Signatures.

Chapter 1 The Elements of Rhythm: Sound, Symbol, and Time

1.2 Pulse, Tempo, and Meter

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