Drumbeats
Hypermeter
Form
Harmony & Form
Chord Loops
100

Notate the main kick-snare pattern for this clip:


What is:



100

This type of hypermeter is the most common in popular music.

What is QUADRUPLE hypermeter?

100

In AABA form, what sections are "A" and what is "B"?

What is...

A= verse (+refrain)

B= bridge

100

Write out the basic form of the blues progression, including harmonies and lyrical layout

1111 | 4411 | 5511
  a         a        b

100

What chord loop is repeated throughout this song?



1 5 4 1


200

In this song clip, the drumbeat switches from ______ feel to ______ feel.


What is standard feel to half-time feel?


200

What irregular hypermeter is present in this excerpt?


What is hypermetrical extension?

200

These 3 (or 4 for bonus) sections are part of the repeating cycle in popular songs.

What are verse, prechorus, chorus (and postchorus)?

200

True or False? Prechoruses and bridges usually start on tonic and end on 5.

What is FALSE?

200

What is the chord loop for this chorus?


1 5 6- 4

300

In this song clip, the drumbeat switches from ______ drumbeat to ______ feel.

What is reggae to half-time feel?


300

What irregular hypermeter is present in this excerpt?


What is triple hypermeter?

300

In this excerpt from "What's Love Got To Do With It?" , which 3 sections do you hear?

What are verse, prechorus, and chorus?

300

What harmonic features of this bridge are not typical?

The bridge starts on 1 and does NOT end on 5.

300

What chord loop is repeated throughout this song?

4 1 6- 5

400

Notate the drum beat for the following clip:


What is: 

400

What irregular hypermeter is present in this excerpt?

What is hypermetrical overlap?

400

In this excerpt from "More Than a Feeling," what sections do you hear?


What are chorus, postchorus, and solo?

400

2 Parts: Write a Nashville Number chart for the verse and chorus of "Knee Deep." Then, what is interesting/unique about the progression?

1  4    1 5    1

1  4  6-545  1

Interesting/Unique: Both verse and chorus have the same progression OR it is almost a 4-measure loop but the 3rd measure of the repeat is expanded/embellished.

400

Fill in the missing 1, 4, and 5 chords from this loop.

2 __ __ 6-


2 5 1 6-


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