Session Four:
Accent Beat
Another important kind of sound pattern in music is an ACCENT BEAT.
An accent beat gives music a METER PATTERN.
You create an ACCENT BEAT by making every 1st BEAT LOUDER in a repeated pattern.
2 Beat Meter Pattern
If you make every 1st BEAT LOUD and make every 2nd BEAT SOFT you create a 2 BEAT METER PATTERN.
You might try using a hand clap for each 1st or accented beat..
You might try saying –
OOM pah OOM pah OOM pah OOM pah…
1
LOUD
2
SOFT
1
LOUD
2
SOFT
1
LOUD
2
SOFT
1
LOUD
2
SOFT
3 Beat Meter Pattern
Make every 1st BEAT LOUD and every 2nd and 3rd BEAT SOFT then you create a 3 BEAT METER PATTERN.
You might try using a foot stamp for each 1st or accented beat.
You might try saying –
OOM pah pah OOM pah pah OOM pah pah…
4 Beat Meter Pattern
Make every 1st BEAT LOUD and every 2nd, 3rd and 4th BEAT SOFT then you create a 4 BEAT METER PATTERN.
Try using a chest slap or a thigh slap for the 1st or accented beat.
You might try saying –
OOM pah pah pah OOM pah pah pah…
Exercise / Activity
- Try making each ACCENT BEAT PATTERN using kitchen instruments.
- If you have two people one person could play every beat softly, like a PULSE BEAT. The other could just play the LOUD BEATS, the ACCENT BEATS.
- Use any other instruments you can find or make.
- Draw the ACCENT BEAT patterns using red and pink hearts.
4 Beat Meter Pattern
Make every 1st BEAT LOUD and every 2nd, 3rd and 4th BEAT SOFT then you create a 4 BEAT METER PATTERN.
Try using a chest slap or a thigh slap for the 1st or accented beat.
You might try saying –
OOM pah pah pah OOM pah pah pah…
BANG
LOUD
sha
SOFT
BANG
LOUD
sha
SOFT
BANG
LOUD
sha
SOFT
BANG
LOUD
sha
SOFT
FEE
LOUD
foe
SOFT
FEE
LOUD
foe
SOFT
FEE
LOUD
foe
SOFT
FEE
LOUD
foe
SOFT
WOP
LOUD
toe
SOFT
WOP
LOUD
toe
SOFT
WOP
LOUD
toe
SOFT
WOP
LOUD
toe
SOFT
Exercise / Activity
- Use the same words and turn them into THREE (3) BEAT and FOUR (4) BEAT PATTERNS.
- Make some patterns with words you like.
