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polyrhythm Mus.|ˈpɒlɪrɪð(ə)m|
[f. poly- + rhythm n.]
The use of two or more different rhythms simultaneously; music using such rhythms.
1929P. Rosenfeld Hour with Amer. Mus. i. 12 Its alternation of bars of three and four and five units, the so-called jazz polyrhythm, is sheer willful contrast and change. 1942Scrutiny XI. 12 The thirteenth century composer may teach the composer of the twentieth century how polytonalities and polyrhythms..may be reconciled with..the natural resources of the art of sound. 1949Funk's Stand. Dict. Folklore I. 151/1 Musically, the blues are distinguished by..syncopation and polyrhythm characteristic of Negro music. 1956W. Mellers in A. Pryce-Jones New Outl. Mod. Knowl. iii. 363 Messiaen has created some fascinating noises out of the complex scales and polyrhythms of Indian music. 1973Black World Sept. 37 The polyrhythms of ‘bop’ jazz are..in the contrasted regular rhythms of the first stanza and the irregularly punctuated rhythms of the second stanza. 1979Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 15/6 In its simultaneous use of conflicting time signatures, of extremely intricate syncopations and polyrhythms, the late 14th century produced music of a complexity that has hardly been equalled until our own time. |