At 11:49 AM -0400 9/12/06, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
In music, I was taught it is what is divided in four regions called harmonic rhythm, which is a wrong term according to my net search. What is the correct terminology for this?
I agree with those who question whether the strength of each beat in a 4/4 measure can be used as a universal analysis of "form." It seems to be quite a stretch, and one that does not really work, at least for me. (Disclaimer: I am no theorist, just a musician.)
Harmonic rhythm, if it means anything at all, would relate to the complexity of harmonic changes within a measure, not to anything in the overall form of a piece. It is more complex (i.e. there are more changes--passing chords, if you like) in the pop music of the 20s and 30s than in the pop music of the 60s or 70s. It is more complex in the music of Bach than in the music of Handel. It can be more complex in music written for smaller chambers than in music written for reverberant cathedrals.
I agree with Andrew that there is no term for this in English, because it is not a widely used concept in our analysis of music. (But again, I'm not a theorist.)
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