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(4)
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Regular and Irregular Rhythms
is regular when the longer notes occupy the accented of meter. It is irregular when the shorter notes occupy the pulses the accented pulses of the meter. Following is a table of divided and added pulses of a regular

Rhythm

quarter-note rhythm in duple and triple meter. All additions and subdivisions in half and eighth-note rhythms are in proportion.

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Following
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is

a table
in

rhythm

of divided and added beats of a regular a six-pulse meter.

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Outline of Melody- Writing

Scale-Line
I.

II.

Rest Tones. Active Tones.

(a)

I.

Skips A 3rd (a narrow skip). (a) From Rest Tones.

1.

Both

directions.

Must

resolve.

(b)

From Active Tones.

1.

(b)

May
1.

be forced along
In direction of resolution.
2.

scale-line.

In progressing up,

2.

do not turn at 7. In progressing down, do not turn

at 6 or 4.

Contrary

to

direc-

tion of regular resolution.

(a)

Must

turn.

(c) Force after wide skip. (d) Force by using con-

secutive skips.
III.
(e) Delay resolution. Minor.

II.

Single wide skips. (a) Must be part of a chord.

(b)

Must

turn.

(a)

Lower 3rd and 6th

major.

of

III.

(b) 6 to 7, raise 6: 7 to 6,

Consecutive skips. (a) Must spell a chord. (b) Conform to the meter.
(c)

lower

7.

Must

turn.

LESSON 25
Section A.
Suggestions for Study:
(1) Construct twelve melodies in minor, using duple or triple meter and any of the regular rhythms given in Chapter XVI. (2) Learn the outline of Melody-Writing.

Section B.
(1)
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Play each interval:

quality;
test

listen to its

quantity and

by singing numbers.