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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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Dancing to traditional Vivaldi, Dvorak, Bach, Shostakovich, Bartok and Mendelssohn, he taps out mind- bending polyrhythms with a dexterity that shows him as a percussionist as well as a dancer.
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Bivens's crisp production is the foreground for drummer Tony Providence's impossibly complex polyrhythms and Bryan Dean's rumbling bass lines, without overwhelming or leadening the tracks.
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