polyrhythm: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	cross-rhythm

Topics

time-line pattern interlocking rhythm eurythmics tala metre rhythmic mode What’s the Difference Between Tempo and Rhythm?colotomic structure

Key People

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Charles Ives

American composer

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Elliott Carter

American composer

Elvin (Ray) Jones

Elvin Jones

American musician

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Paul Creston

American composer

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