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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYRHYTHM

polyrhythm  [ˈpɒlɪˌrɪðəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYRHYTHM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polyrhythm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLYRHYTHM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Polyrhythm

Polyrhythm is the simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms, that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter. The rhythmic conflict may be the basis of an entire piece of music, or a momentary disruption. Polyrhythms can be distinguished from irrational rhythms, which can occur within the context of a single part; polyrhythms require at least two rhythms to be played concurrently, one of which is typically an irrational rhythm.

Definition of polyrhythm in the English dictionary

The definition of polyrhythm in the dictionary is a style of composition in which each part exhibits different rhythms.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYRHYTHM


algorithm
ˈælɡəˌrɪðəm
antilogarithm
ˌæntɪˈlɒɡəˌrɪðəm
biorhythm
ˈbaɪəʊˌrɪðəm
cologarithm
kəʊˈlɒɡəˌrɪðəm
cryptarithm
ˈkrɪptəˌrɪðəm
fathom
ˈfæðəm
isarithm
ˈaɪsəˌrɪðəm
logarithm
ˈlɒɡəˌrɪðəm
rhythm
ˈrɪðəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYRHYTHM

polypody
polypoid
polypore
polyposis
polypous
polypropene
polypropylene
polyprotodont
polyptych
polypus
polyrhythmic
polyribosomal
polyribosome
polysaccharide
polysaccharose
polysemant
polyseme
polysemic
polysemous
polysemy

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYRHYTHM

alpha rhythm
Beerbohm
beta rhythm
common logarithm
delta rhythm
drachm
evolutionary algorithm
fehm
genetic algorithm
hm
megohm
milliohm
Napierian logarithm
natural logarithm
ohm
pashm
Qeshm
sprung rhythm
tetradrachm
vehm

Synonyms and antonyms of polyrhythm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polyrhythm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYRHYTHM

Find out the translation of polyrhythm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polyrhythm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polyrhythm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

polyrhythm
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

polirritmia
570 millions of speakers

English

polyrhythm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polyrhythm
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

polyrhythm
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полиритмия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

polirritmia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

polyrhythm
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polyrythmie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polyrhythm
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Polyrhythmus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポリリズム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

polyrhythm
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polyrhythm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

polyrhythm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

polyrhythm
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोलिसिथम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

polyrhythm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poliritmia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

polyrhythm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поліритмія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

polyrhythm
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

polyrhythm
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poliritme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polyrhythm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polyrhythm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polyrhythm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYRHYTHM»

The term «polyrhythm» is regularly used and occupies the 92.016 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYRHYTHM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polyrhythm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYRHYTHM»

Discover the use of polyrhythm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polyrhythm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
African Polyphony and Polyrhythm: Musical Structure and ...
An original approach to the understanding of the complete and sophisticated patterns of polyphony and polyrhythm of African music.
Simha Arom, 2004
2
Polyrhythms: The Musician's Guide
This book has been revised to include both Volumes I and II in one comprehensive edition. It is designed to teach the creative musician and music student the art of playing polyrhythms.
Peter Magadini, Wanda Sykes, 1988
3
Metric Modulations: Contracting and Expanding Time Within Form
This book can be used by any and all instrumentalists. Metric Modulation will greatly improve the students improvisational ability to create and respond to rhythmic musical dialogue.
Ari Hoenig, Johannes Weidenmueller, 2011
4
Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset
Notice that these are groupings of three triplet notes with a triplet rest, adding up to a grouping of four, played over the underlying triplet rhythm (groupings of three ), creating the polyrhythm -4 over 3. A full drumset adaptation sounds like this: ...
Frank Malabe, Bob Weiner, 1990
5
A History of Literature in the Caribbean: Cross-cultural studies
The coexistence of these varied rhythms, European, African, and later Asian, have lead to a polyrhythm that is not essentially African in nature. For Benftez- Rojo, what is significant about these conflicting rhythms, these polyrhythms, and what ...
Albert James Arnold, Julio Rodríguez-Luis, J. Michael Dash, 1997
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The Big Book of Jazz Piano Improvisation: Tools and and ...
Hemiola, also referred to as polyrhythm, is the act of superimposing one time signature over another. In the context of improvisation, this involves playing passages that imply a meter that contrasts with the written or "expected" meter of the tune ...
Noah Baerman, 2003
7
Music of the Twentieth Century: A Study of Its Elements and ...
We will go into this in the following examples, but not before discussing several forms of polyrhythm. . polyrhythm. In the light of our observations on time categories (section ), polymetre is nothing other than a form of polyrhythm. We can ...
Ton de Leeuw, 2005
8
Elliott Carter Studies
We will refer to these two numbers, or parts of a polyrhythm, as limbs, and their constituent segments as elements. Thus, a polyrhythm of 45 against 56 contains two limbs: one of 45 elements, and one of 56; the elements in a limb are segments ...
Marguerite Boland, John Link, 2012
9
Rhythm and Transforms
(i) (Poly32-1200.mp3 0:10) The three vs. two polyrhythm of Fig. 3.11(a) is performed at a rate of 1.2 s per cycle. Typically, the cycle is heard as a single perceptual unit rather than as two independent time cycles. (ii) (Poly32-120.mp3 0:05) The ...
William Arthur Sethares, 2007
10
Polyrhythms for the drumset
Expands drum solos and fills by incorporating polyrhythms to basic time. This book also lends itself as a source for extending rhythmic comprehension while the drummer is improvising.
‎1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYRHYTHM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polyrhythm is used in the context of the following news items.
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Proms 2015: First Night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, review …
He rung the changes on the notes D and A with entertaining ingenuity, the piece eventually building to riotous a complication of polyrhythm ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
The Resurgent Power of Miles Davis' Late Music
Steve Coleman and his MBASE team were combining funk, free-blowing, and complex structures involving polyrhythm and contrapuntal groove ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
3
Montclair Public Library to host Latino Festival
... yourself to the fact that all of it comes from the same spirit, the same soul, putting it together creates a different harmony, another polyrhythm.". «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
4
Community event calendar
(According to Wikipedia, “polyrhythm is the simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from ... «Vancouver Courier, Jul 15»
5
10 Folk Albums Rolling Stone Loved in the 1970s You Never Heard
... drumming style, with its traces of both Anglo-American parade music and West African polyrhythm, also sounds like a direct ancestor of jazz. «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
6
Quail Brook members in Somerset celebrate African dance
Arinzeh will direct Quail Brook program participants in a celebration of the unique polyrhythm art form of African dance. The performance is free ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
7
Remembering James Horner's Magical Musical Genius
The steady pulse of the timpani and the measured crack of the punitive lash set up a polyrhythm that helps make the music both excruciatingly ... «Wired, Jun 15»
8
A Q&A with Vision Control's John Pugh
I am obsessed with repetition and polyrhythm and wanted to see if I could create a maximal musical landscape using only a minimum of ... «Arkansas Times, Jun 15»
9
Milford Graves & Bill Laswell: Space/Time – Redemption
Starting track “Eternal Signs” also has a melody to share, one that is seemingly at odds with the polyrhythm tumbling from the drum kit. «PopMatters, May 15»
10
Mônica Salmaso expertly delivers deep cuts from the great Brazilian …
Salmaso also accompanied herself, adding to the textures with judicious, subtle auxiliary percussion that suggested the thick polyrhythm of a ... «Charleston City Paper, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Polyrhythm [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/polyrhythm>. May 2024 ».
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