I was taught to organize rhythms into increments of two measures at a time. Some beats/pulses get a natural emphasis in relation to their placement in the measure. I put together this illustration of the most natural points of relative emphasis in a 2-measure unit of rhythm.
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on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 pm and is filed under Music Education, Prose.
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