The Basic Elements Of Rhythm And Training Problems

The rhythm is a very important element for music. In a music activity, no forms can stay independent if broken away from the rhythm. However, the studies on music elements are always focused on pitch, melody and harmony. There are fewer works or articles prying into the whole music activity in the perspective of rhythm.This article analyzes the rhythm combined with the knowledge of musicology, physiology, music aesthetics and psychology in the perspective of rhythm through the exploration of the basic elements of rhythm, the subjective experience process and exercising issues. It expounds the importance of rhythm in music and puts forward some exercising methods. The article is divided into four parts, the first part talks about the development of the western rhythm theory from18th to20th century, which mainly explores the general development of the rhythm theory from18th to20th century with the western rhythm development as the research subject. The second part analyzes the elements of rhythm. The author divides the elements of rhythm into the internal components of rhythm and the external elements which are closely associated with rhythm and expounds them respectively. The research of the internal components of rhythm is focused on the point-in-time/duration and intensity. There are a number of elements closely associated with rhythm. This article selects the three aspects such as beat, speed and the organizational form of rhythm. The third part talks about the influence of subjective factors on the experience of rhythm. It firstly explains how the duration and sound intensity are received by the human being’s auditory system in the perspective of physiological mechanism, then analyzes the general features and sources of differences of the subject when experiencing rhythm in the perspective of aesthetics. The fourth part mainly explores the issues of rhythm exercising. Set two solfege works as example and analyze it combined with the relevant rhythm theory of the second and third sectors and try to put forward the corresponding exercising methods on the basis of it.Rhythm exercising is often left behind in the music education of the domestic colleges and universities. While in the foreign music education, rhythm exercising is very important from the music perception of the little child to the cultivation of the professional music talents. For example, the Body Rhythm of Dalcroze, Orff and Kodaly System both use various kinds of rhythm elements to fully explore the potential of the learners. Rhythm exercising has long become part of the normal music teaching method in foreign countries, thus we can see the important meaning of rhythm exercising. Therefore the complete researching process from theory analysis to subjective comprehension to exercising in the perspective of rhythm is extremely necessary and worth researching...