Polyrhythms?

[andythestrange]

Does anyone know of any resources for someone wanting to learn more about polyrhythms? I know very little about them, but I think that it could be useful.

I know that in some DAWs you can change the time signature for individual percussion track, and from what I hear that is key to doing it correctly. I may be off base here, but I don't think this is possible in LMMS.

Any suggestions?

[slipstick]

For learning look at more or less any African music. Or just Google "cross-rhythms" or "polyrhythms". Modern "art" music uses some really complex rhythms (11 against 5 against 7 for example) but most dance/pop music sticks to simple cross-rhythms.

I use them a fair bit but I haven't yet spotted any way of getting LMMS to manage them for me. But I am new to LMMS so perhaps someone will set us both straight. Simple cross-rhythms like 3 against 2 are workable because you can just set the time sig to 6/4 or 6/8 but if you get much past 4 against 3 it gets difficult.

But if you use the piano roll rather than the basic beat/bassline editor you can set up any rhythms you like but you do end up doing a lot cutting and pasting because AFAICS looping only works in full bars/measures of the global time signature.

Steve

[andythestrange]

Thanks for the suggestion. I've done a bit of searching with google on polyrythms, but I'll try the term cross-rythm and see if that changes things up for me.

I'm limited because I never studied music, so I'm having to learn as I go, and I was recently introduced to this concept as a way of creating more interesting and complex beats.

[mrfriendson]

african complextro, imagine how things would sound OAO

[andythestrange]

I've read several websites and watch a handful of videos, but I still can't seem to wrap my head around it. It took me a while to find anything useful, I was leaving the h out of rhythm...how embarrassing.

Anyways, the point is, I've got this on my list of things to learn more about and one day use.

Slipstick, are you on soundcloud? I'd like to hear some of the sounds you have used polyrhythms in.

[JimmyMashte]

Does anyone know of any resources for someone wanting to learn more about polyrhythms? I know very little about them, but I think that it could be useful.

Hi andythestrange,

Do you mean for using with drums or just in general ??

[JimmyMashte]

This was kinda helpful but also trippy at the same time.
It's a polyrhythm visual representation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuTVTS_aGTI

This guy is good for explanations using a piano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF5CLjNa2lU

This guy for drums for 3 over 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVu3w6KNSB0

[brandystarbrite]

Polyrhythms?
Interesting term. Now where did I hear this term before?
Oh well, I think I'll check out more, about polyrhythms.