Music GCSE
Distinguishing rhythm devices
What Distinguishing rhythm devices means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Distinguishing rhythm devices
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Swing is not a change of speed, a literal dotted rhythm or syncopation, which shifts accents rather than lengthening the first of a pair.
Topics that use Distinguishing rhythm devices
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Tempo, metre and rhythm (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Contrast with straight rhythm
- Dotted rhythm
- Metre
- Note lengthening and shortening
- Recognising syncopation in styles
- Rhythm
- Rhythmic stress
- Swung rhythm
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