MUS 127 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jelly Roll Morton, Dick Hyman, Birth Of The Cool
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Part one: choose six (6) of the below terms and briefly explain each in your own words. For each term, you must also reference a specific listening example from our. Spotify playlist (by title and artist) and provide a specific timing to illustrate this term in a musical context. Describe this point in the music to the best of your abilities. (7pts. ea. Polyrhythm refers to multiple rhythms happening simultaneously in a song. One example of polyrhythm is maple leaf rag by. The song has one rhythm on the left hand while another rhythm is being played on the right hand: polyphony. Polyphony refers to multiple melodies in a song. One instrument could be playing one melody, then another instrument starts playing a different melody. This is very different from popular songs where the song is just verse-chorus-verse-chorus-chorus. With polyphony, there are many different melodies happening through the whole song that makes one engaged to listen to each melody.
