Rhythm and Sound Duration in Music

Music is an art of universal expression which combines sound and time. Sound has four qualities(also called elements of sound).These are:timbre,pitch,dynamics and time.They are combined in different ways to produce the basic elements of music being rhythm, melody,harmony and counterpoint.This space was created to assist beginning music classroom students in the study of one of its basic elements-Rhythm.Other music elements as well as the elements of sound will be discussed in future blogs. Rhythm figure symbols,sound durations and exercises are provided as well as links and other media features

Rhythm uses one of the elements of sound. This element is time and it relates to sound durations.By arranging different sound durations and silences into different patterns you create rhythm.