Making Music Made Easy As Soup

Musical Rhythm

Musical rhythm is the groove of the "soup". If you were making a Minestrone, it'd be the shape of the vegetables pieces and their texture. If you were writing a persuasive essay, it'd be the the amount of words you use in a sentence which would thereby define the pace of the writing. If you were painting, it'd be the direction of the brush strokes on the canvas.

The rhythm of a song is what makes the listener move - from the tiniest bobbing of the head or tapping of the foot to all-out dancing. Not all songs have distinct rhythm, just like not all soups have a homogeneous texture, just like not all persuasive essays have a distinct pace, just like not all paintings have distinct brush strokes. Also, a fact of little importance, all melodies and most harmonies are partially defined by their rhythms.

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