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polyrhythm
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pol·y·rhythm  (pl-rm)
n. Music
The use or an instance of simultaneous contrasting rhythms.
poly·rhythmic adj.
polyrhythm [ˈpɒlɪˌrɪðəm]
n
(Music, other) Music a style of composition in which each part exhibits different rhythms
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The result is unashamedly folksy, but with distinctive indigenous Mersey cross-rhythms and harmonies.
Arts: Band on the crest off a new wave by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Jacob Obrecht's setting - repetitive, but spiced with urgent cross-rhythms - and the freer, more obviously expressive work by Josquin des Prez were outstandingly dispatched by the 16 singers, framing a brief performance of the original song, its lost words replaced with a new, suitably melancholy French text.
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra/Norrington; Tallis Scholars by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
The restless cross-rhythms in the second part led to a furious depiction of storms in which choral voices were also used as instruments to add to the drama.
MUSIC RLPO/ Bicket/ Philharmonic Hall; Philip Key's 08 Culture Diary by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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