SESSION 4
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…
1
LOUD
2
SOFT
3
SOFT
1
LOUD
2
SOFT
3
SOFT
1
LOUD
2
SOFT
3
SOFT
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…
1
LOUD
2
SOFT
3
SOFT
4
SOFT
1
LOUD
2
SOFT
3
SOFT
4
SOFT
1
LOUD
2
SOFT
3
SOFT
4
SOFT
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.
These words also fit a 2 BEAT PATTERN.
BANG
LOUD
sha
SOFT
BANG
LOUD
sha
SOFT
FEE
LOUD
foe
SOFT
FEE
LOUD
foe
SOFT
WOP
LOUD
toe
SOFT
WOP
LOUD
toe
SOFT
Exercise / Activity
5. Use the same words and turn them into THREE (3) BEAT and FOUR (4) BEAT PATTERNS.
6. Make some patterns with words you like.