How to Compose a Rhythmic Paradox

Exploring how (depending on your perspective) some rhythms might sound like they accelerate and decelerate at the same time without changing tempo, including some theory of polyrhythms (rhythm scales) and analysis from jazz and drum corps (snareline) music.

 

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:23 Rhythmic groups and rhythm scales

3:55 How the Cadets briefly warped time

5:58 Maximizing musical rabbit-ducks

 

MUSIC(IANS) FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO "Autumn Leaves" - Wynton Marsalis (from the album Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1) "Atlas Rising" - The Cadets (DCI, 2023) Galen DeGraf (yours truly) - snare/drumset https://www.galendegraf.com/ Andrew Wyatt - handpan https://andrewwyattexperiment.bandcam... https://www.stereolabstudio.com/

FREE DOWNLOADABLE RHYTHM SCALE REFERENCE CHART Available through Patreon (no paid membership required) / galendegraf  

 

DOWNLOAD THE POLYRHYTHM BUNDLE
Rhythmic ideas to challenge and inspire for advanced rhythmophiles... with time warping exercises and modules, odd displacements, nested tuplets, creative ways to use a metronome and more. This bundle includes 70+ pages of explanations, exercises for percussionists, modules for composers, and reference charts. Plus 62 sound files to hear the exercises and rhythm scales. Patreon members get it free until April, 2025 in the Patreon shop. / shop  

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