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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction to Simple Meter
Chapter 2: Introduction to Compound Meter
Chapter 3: Simple Meter—ties and dotted quarter notes
Chapter 4: Compound Meter—9/8, 12/8, and ties
Chapter 5: Simple Meter—sixteenth notes
Chapter 6: Simple Meter—dotted eighth notes
Chapter 7: Compound Meter—sixteenth notes
Chapter 8: Simple Meter—syncopation
Chapter 9: Compound Meter—syncopation
Chapter 10: Simple Meter—triplets and sextuplets
Chapter 11: Compound Meter—duplets and quadruplets
Chapter 12: Polyrhythms—two against three and three against two
Chapter 13: Simple Meter—beat values other than quarter notes
Chapter 14: Compound Meter—beat values other than dotted quarter notes
Chapter 15: Small Subdivisions—eight-part divisions of the beat
Chapter 16: Quintuple and Septuple Meters
Chapter 17: Changing Meters—simple to simple and compound to compound
Chapter 18: Changing Meters—simple to compound and compound to simple
Chapter 19: Simple Meter—quarter-note triplets and half-note triplets
Chapter 20: Polyrhythms—three against four and four against three
Chapter 21: Irregular Divisions—quintuplets and septuplets
Chapter 22: Asymmetrical Meters
Chapter 23: Metric Modulation
Appendix: How to Use Rhythmic Cells
Index of Poems
Glossary
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