A basic sense of rhythm and pitch is essential in a music teacher.

基本的韵律感和音高感是音乐教师的必备素质。

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Rhythm is simply these patterns, usually repeating patterns, of longs and short that get superimposed as they set up above the basic beat underneath.

节奏就是一些长短模式,通常是反复出现的,与下面的基本节拍叠加在一起

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Music is an aural language which USES three basic components: pitch, rhythm, and timbre or the quality of a sound.

音乐是一种听觉语言，它运用到了音调、节奏、音色等三个基本要素。

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The dividing up of this stream into different patterns often repeating, of longs and short is superimposing rhythm over top of this basic beat which is organized in terms of these meters.

对于节拍流不同部分的拆分,是经常重复的,也是有长有短的,这就是在基本拍的基础上的旋律叠加,也就是说是以这些拍子为组织依据的

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We went into the studio a few days later with just a rhythm section to record the basic instrumental tracks.

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One group was taught the basic fundamentals of music, including pitch, rhythm, melody and other concepts. (You can see an example here.) The other group was taught visual art training in the basics such as shapes, colors, lines, and other concepts.

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