Rhythm Assignment	Music Composition Assignments   William Wieland
Composition Component Compose 3 short pieces which we can listen to in class. In the first piece, transform a rhythmic motive. See Motivic Transformation. In the second and third pieces, experiment with the following: additive or asymmetric meter, changing meter or mixed meter, cross rhythm or polyrhythm, metric modulation, and/or polymeter. Review Rhythm Concepts.
Listening Component (Please answer the questions or do the assignments in parentheses.) Asymmetric Meter: Tchaikovsky Symphony 6 movement 2—YouTube has recordings. (What is the time signature?) Changing Meter: Stravinsky Rite of Spring "Sacrificial Dance"—YouTube has recordings. Cross Rhythm: Perform 2 x 3, 3 x 2, 3 x 4, 4 x 3. (Creat one not listed here.) Metric Modulation: Please watch this video. Polymeter: Led Zeppelin "Kashmir"—YouTube has recordings. (What is the guitar time signature? What is the drum set time signature?)   Mozart Don Giovanni Dances from Act 1, Scene 5
If time, Listen to Steve Reich's Piano Phase and clapping music.