polyrhythmic

Examples

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• Afterward, each group was given a set of drums, and the ethnomusicologist taught one student to play a bell pattern, a cyclical rhythm that alternately aligns with the by 2 and by 3 patterns, which increases the polyrhythmic tension.

  Academic text (2015)

• Using the "overdub" feature, students can add more rhythmic ostinati to produce relatively thick, polyrhythmic percussion parts.

  Academic text (1995)

• The lesson plans, as Rice says, explore the polyrhythmic patterns of Gullah music.

  Academic text (2011)

• Group 8 constructed a polyrhythmic piece inspired by blues and jazz fiddling.

  Academic text (2015)

• But the rhythm is often polyrhythmic because many African musicians can respond to numerous rhythms at the same time.

  Academic text (1995)

• Individual group members work together to create vocal ostinato lines that complement each other and are layered to produce a polyrhythmic effect.

  Academic text (2003)

• A student playing rhythm patterns might receive a one for playing a familiar rhythm pattern to a steady beat, while a student playing a familiar pattern over a polyrhythmic background would receive a five.

  Academic text (2012)

• When using odd-numbered cycles, the vocal part will formulate into a polyrhythmic cross-rhythm against the pulse.

  Academic text (2013)

• This polyrhythmic setting of solkattu is one Western representation of the rhythmic tension that can be created by Indian performers in tala.

  Academic text (2013)

• Educators can use a polyrhythmic metronome tool such as those on bouncemetronome.com to illustrate this multileveled approach to rhythm.

  Academic text (2015)

How Complex

polyrhythmic

• Specialized

1 7.9

syncopated

• Specialized

3 7.5

steady

327 2.0

simple

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology