Rhythm In Music (1951)

do you know what rhythm is well our story about Rhythm begins one day when we were practicing for a special school program we wanted the music to be right but listen [Music] that didn't sound right did it I asked Jimmy to play his part alone listen well those were the right notes but did Jimmy have the Rhythm right Bobby thought it should be like this but Jimmy wasn't sure so before we try to decide we talked about rhythm did you know there is rhythm inside our bodies have you ever listened to your heartbeat this is a stethoscope it's what the doctor uses to listen to your heart through the stethoscope you can hear something like this that's sort of a double beat but if you feel your pulse you can discover regular even Beats foreign yes we had found that the song are you sleeping had the same Rhythm that Jimmy discovered in his pulse a steady even beat Bobby thought of another even beat the clock Jimmy could feel that Rhythm the steady even beat Rhythm begins with steady even Beats but do we have rhythm when all the Beats aren't even well Bobby struck even fast beats on the drum then he accented the first of every four beats Mary thought that sounded like an Indian dance then Bobby changed the accent that made a different rhythm and Bobby changed the accent again [Music] we could all feel that Rhythm it's a waltz rhythm oh can you feel the rhythm too can you keep time [Music] foreign yes we have interesting rhythms when different beats are accented did you hear the knock on the door listen it was Anne she had to be late for that rehearsal we told her what we were doing learning about different kinds of rhythm we had had rhythms with even Beats and rhythms with accents different accents made different rhythms and now we had found another way to make rhythms interesting did you notice it when Anne knocked on the door we asked her to knock again did you notice how many Taps there were there were four taps now listen to these four taps we all tried it then we tried making two of the Taps faster than the others why it was a different Rhythm pattern Jimmy knew a tune that used that pattern Mary suggested another one Melody and F [Music] you see the same Rhythm pattern can give you quite a different feeling in different music [Music] then we tried playing a little game I played a few notes of a song but without rhythm could they guess what the song was no one could guess then I tried it again in rhythm [Music] Paul thought that was another Rhythm pattern made up of faster and slower taps yes with faster and slower notes you can make all sorts of rhythms we played another game of listening to different rhythms listen [Music] now listen to this rhythm [Music] foreign now listen again see if you can guess what this is did you guess it well it's the sound of a rhythm band listen can't you just see the children [Music] thank you [Music] wasn't that fun now let's listen to another Rhythm pattern foreign [Music] did you notice the accent in this Rhythm pattern [Music] using the same pattern of fast and slow notes we can change the accent like this and thought of a tune that used that accent [Music] and with still another accent the same pattern of fast and slow notes sounds like this now Jimmy understood because that was a rhythm of the March we were practicing well then before we practiced again we decided to review all we had said about rhythm remember some rhythms have a steady even beat accents make a difference in rhythm changing the speed of the Taps makes a difference in rhythms too rhythms help melodies and Melodies help rhythms too [Music] start with a steady beat add a rhythm pattern of faster and slower notes with accents then add a melody and you have music rhythm in music