节奏

节奏（）是一种以一定速度的快慢的节拍，主要是不同长短的音值和音调上的高低把它们组合到一起。例如，2/2拍就是强/弱，也就是我们常听到的“嘭恰”，那么3/4拍是强/弱/弱，也就是“嘭恰恰”，我们常听到的圆舞曲大部分就都是3/4拍的了，4/4拍是强/弱/次强/次弱。节奏可以独立被欣赏，例如锣鼓演奏。节奏也可以成为旋律音乐的骨架。

節奏的組成:
1.模式的規則與不規則
2.聲音的長短
3.聲音的強弱
4.聲音的有無

 1/2拍: ta
 1/4拍: ti

參考文獻

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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延伸閱讀

 
 Humble, M. (2002). The Development of Rhythmic Organization in Indian Classical Music , MA dissertation, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
 Lewis, Andrew (2005). Rhythm—What it is and How to Improve Your Sense of It. San Francisco: RhythmSource  Press. .
 Williams, C. F. A., The Aristoxenian Theory of Musical Rhythm, (Cambridge Library Collection—Music), Cambridge University Press; first edition, 2009.

参看
 音乐: 旋律

外部連結

'Rhythm of Prose', William Morrison Patterson ,Columbia University Press 1917
 Melodyhound has a "Query by Tapping" search that allows users to identify music based on rhythm 
 Louis Hébert, "A Little Semiotics of Rhythm. Elements of Rhythmology", in Signo 

 
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