polyrhythmic
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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In this record we hear faint echoes of the musical genres that are emerging, in Garrison playing heavy funk bass lines, Tyner’s harmonic sophistication and the polyrhythmic enchantment of Elvin Jones’s drums.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
In the booth, Suga Free could make street anthems out of beats that sounded made for a polyrhythmic Marrakech snake charmer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023
Making his Tiny Desk debut as a bandleader, Overall and an ace percussion-heavy band used the spotlight of the popular online concert series to strut a few polyrhythmic cuts off his upcoming album “Animals.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2023
For this show, part of the Habibi Festival, she will dance with the all-female Moroccan band Bnat el Houariyat, from Marrakesh, in styles that accompany the group’s percussive, polyrhythmic genres.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022
Children’s clapping games and rock passing games provide very simple but accessible examples of polyrhythmic learning.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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