polyrhythm
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of polyrhythm
Example Sentences
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It lays out a polyrhythm of events and exhibitions, but rarely repeats itself.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
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
But polyrhythm conceived from scratch by a composer, written down on the page, imposed on the Western symphony orchestra, player by player, was an utterly novel concept.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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