Lesson 2

Jonelle Cunningham

September 9, 2022

Lesson 2: Simple and Compound Meters

Lecture Notes:

There are TWO Meter types discussed in the chapter done this week. They are Simple Meter and Compound Meter.
A simple meter is a meter that contains notes or beats than can be divided into two. Examples of simple time would be 2/4 and 2/2 time.
A compound meter can be grouped into groups of threes.
The term Duple means 2 beats per measure.
I was able to learn of the different parts that make up the notes. They would be the head(hollow or fixed), stem, and the beam/flag.
In the time signatures mentioned in the chapter, the top number tells how many beats are in the measure and the bottom number tells which note gets the beat.
There are a variety of tempos ranging from slow to fast, examples of these would be: grave, andante, vivace, allegro.

The video above does an excellent job in comparing simple and compound meters as well as highlighteing the key diffrences between simple and compound time.

The Previous video above answers the basic definition of simple time and covers duple, triple and even quadruple time effectively while giving different tips and methods on remembering simple time.

The Video above speaks about compound meters. This Video was particularly helpful because it gives a clear definition and examples f the different notes and time signatures of compound meter.