ocr: RITE LISTENING Revolutionary Rhythms While we can anticipate the rapid shifts in meter by looking ahead on the graphic, an unarmed listener must struggle to impose a single meter. But if we simply surrender to being buffeted about, we can eventually fasten on the shortest consistent pulse (the beat in our graphic)-a lowest common denominator that we might call the unit pulse. Then, the shifts become a source of exhilaration. Listen first to the orchestral passage for bassoons and then join me on the piano in "shouting out" the beats. PLAY EVOCATION SHOUTITOUT! QUIT ? - w G INDEX. CHAPTERS RETR ...