Hi , Well This is Ramya from ARR Yahoo groups. Speaking of Beats and music, I would you to check out my Blog on music called the music mania. The link is given below. Your comments ar most welcome and I also invite others who are part of this group to also be generous enough to contribute and comment.
www.sangeetasabha.blogspot.com Regards Ramya Varma--- In [email protected], "Ganesh Narayanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jus thought of sharing some really useful Information that i found on the > net while trying to get some music lessons....of late hearing a lot of > musical Jargons on orkut...thought of reading up on them to understand what > do they exactly mean...hope u'll enjoy reading it!! > > What is a Beat.... There are two slightly different meanings of the word > "beat" in music, but the second is essentially a special case of the first: > > *1) Beat is the most fundamental concept of rhythm:* > > > - *A beat is a pulse that occurs at regular intervals, i.e. with equal > time intervals between the pulses, which is heard (and often felt) by > humans.* > > > - *A regular beat can have an emotional effect on a person: for example, > it can be exciting, relaxing or irritating.* > > > - *There are probably many reasons why our brains "tune in" to a regular > pulse:* > > * > * Our heartbeat is (normally) regular > * When we walk or run, our feet land in a regular rhythm (in order to > maintain balance) > * To be able to judge time properly, we have to be able to accurately > subdivide it, e.g. count seconds* > > *# **These regular intervals could be any perceptible interval, but > experience shows that useful pulse speeds are those which can be counted and > felt, which are similar to the speed of walking, or the speed of a > heartbeat, i.e. between around 40 a minute and 200 a minute (over 3 per > second).* > > *# **In general, a slow beat will be about 70 or less, which can be compared > to a leisurely walking speed or a heartbeat in relaxation; a fast beat will > be from 120 upwards, which can be compared to a fast walk or run or a > fast-beating heart; generally speaking, a slow beat is relaxing and a fast > beat is exciting.* > > *#* *The beat may have a definite frequency or pitch, or it may not.* > > *# **Even if a beat is regular, it may not be exactly the same each beat > each time: > > * the volume may change in some pattern > * the pitch may change in some pattern > * the tone may change in some pattern > * any combination of any of the above may change* > > *# **When a beat is combined with patterns of accents, and other patterns of > changes in pitch, volume etc., then you have the beginnings of rhythm.* >
