Don’t let the fear of hands-on music get to you; a few basic composition activities can elevate your pupils from madcap to maestros ...

Joan Braun and CU Presents; the Roser Visiting Artist Endowment; generous friends of the Music Theory Department; the College of Music of the University of Colorado Boulder—Dean Robert Shay, and the ...

Rhythm is a central component of music. Rhythm refers to the absolute timing of individual notes or sounds. The ability to perceive and produce rhythm enables people to make music. Research has shown ...

“Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.” —Edward Hirsh Rhythm. It is ...

Rhythm is often considered the lifeblood of hip-hop music: in a genre that generally avoids large-scale melodic and harmonic trajectories, rhythm would seem to be the most salient, most active ...