polyrhythm
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of polyrhythm
Example Sentences
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The familiar beat of my day-to-day has degraded into something more like a circadian polyrhythm, and I wasn’t much of a dancer to begin with.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2020
“I’m thinking of past lives, I’m thinking of having a kid,” Fohr sings, crooning a journal entry over alien polyrhythm.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2020
Saxophone, trombone and violin all tangled as the bass and vibraphone built a dicey polyrhythm underneath.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2017
It’s got so much going for it: mellowness, intensity, space, polyrhythm, slow grooves, deep funk, momentum — and teacherly lessons, in the English-language tracks “To Whom It May Concern” and “Which Way Africa?”
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2012
To best illustrate a polyrhythm, the following system, known as the T.U.B.S. or Tiny Unit Box System, was developed as a way for participants to visualize the inner workings of a polyrhythm.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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