Music and Movement in 7
“Every meter can be counted at any tempo.”
The last meter we will look at is
7. 7 comes up just about as much as 5 does and is used in similar ways in movement as
5. 7 is counted like any other meter, only with seven beats for each measure. The meter would be counted - 1…2…3…4…5…6…7…1…2…3…4…5…6…7…and so on. With more beats in each measure, we can do some really fun things with accents and groupings. As the meters get larger, all we need to do is find all of the smaller numbers that can add up to the meter. For example, 7 can be broken up in these ways: 4+3 = 7, 3+4 = 7, 2+2+3 = 7, 2+3+2 = 7 and 3+2+2 =
7. Then put accents on beat 1 of each of those number groupings and you can get some wild and super challenging phrases.