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| In African music, the rhythmic aspect occurs in two basic metrical schemes: triple meter, and duple or quadruple meter. The triple meter scheme is represented by the alternate division of the measure into three and two. In 6/8 time, this would be notated as three quarter notes followed by two dotted quarter notes, or three eighth notes followed by two dotted eighth notes (or in the reverse order). Examples of both are found in Debussy's Les Collines d'Anacapri (from Preludes for piano, book one), mm. 49-65, especially mm. 57, 61, 62-63 and 64-65 (example, below). The first dotted quarter is often replaced by an eighth rest and a quarter note; this is a common ostinato in African and African American musics. At the rapid tempos of traditional African music, this latter form is almost indistinguishable from the first quadruple meter form described later. |
The Chaconne: Origins (continued) |
| RIFFS The Chaconne Origins (continued) Lester Allyson Knibbs, Ph.D. |
Introduction The Chaconne --- Cadential Structure Unitary & Binary Structures Linear & Periodic Structures Riff Modalities Structural Counterpoint Modular Composition Appendices |
| Origins: Back / Next Toward Cadential Structure In the Music of Bach In Cadential Structure After Bach In Symphonic Composition In Twentieth Century Music |
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