1. Rhythm pattern: The length relationship of organized sounds is called rhythm. In the whole piece or part of the piece, the rhythm with certain characteristics that has typical meaning and appears repeatedly in the song is called "rhythm pattern".

Rhythm pattern is of great significance in musical performance. The use of certain rhythm patterns in songs makes it easy for people to feel and remember, and it also helps to unify the song structure and establish the musical image. Some songs can clearly indicate the type of song just from the rhythm pattern, such as heavy metal, punk, blues, etc.

2. Introduction to rhythm patterns:

(1) Basic rhythm patterns

The basic rhythm patterns mentioned here actually refer to one (or two) The composition of the unit beat. When it comes to basic rhythm patterns, the focus is on the smoothness of the beat and the accuracy of the pitch value when sight-singing.

The most typical alternating long and short pattern is a rhythm pattern composed of two sixteenth notes and one eighth note.

Dotted rhythm patterns refer to rhythm patterns containing dotted notes. It is usually divided into a one-beat "small dotted rhythm" and a two-beat "large dotted rhythm".

Syncopated Rhythm Patterns There are many forms of syncopated rhythms containing syncopated sounds. Here are just two examples - the "minor syncopated rhythm" that is worth one beat; the "big syncopated rhythm" that is worth two beats. Rhythm."

Rhythm patterns containing rests. In theory, in the basic rhythm patterns in the above figures, we can replace the note at any position with a rest of equal time value, so that the original rhythm pattern It becomes a rhythmic pattern containing rests.

(2) Compound rhythm pattern

Compound rhythm pattern is composed of several basic rhythm patterns. In the progress of music, several basic rhythm patterns can form a new rhythm. If this new rhythm is used repeatedly in the music, a compound rhythm pattern with obvious characteristics will be formed.