Monday, May 5, 2008

Harmonic Rhythm

What is the defintion of harmonic rhythm and how many chords are there typically per measure?

2 comments:

Dillon Fox said...

The defintion of Harmonic Rhythm is "the rate at which the harmonies in a piece". Usually there is one chord per measure or one chord per beat.

Randall Sorensen said...

The rate at which the chords change. Can be a variety of rhythms. For chorales it is typically 1 chord per beat.