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Definition of Polyrhythms
1. polyrhythm [n] - See also: polyrhythm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyrhythms
Literary usage of Polyrhythms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1915)
"James Oppenheim, however, does not think so, for he has explanations for
the "polyrhythms" of his Sonys of the New Age (Century Co.). ..."
2. Rhythm, Music and Education by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1921)
"To bring out the different parts, dissociate the polyrhythms, realise the stretti,
and oppose the nuances of dynamic contrasts ..."
3. The Maecenas And The Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, And The Origins Of The by Anthony M. Cummings (2004)
"The early madrigal, on the other hand, intermittently employs the polyrhythms
and melismatic text setting typical of polyphonic writing; its episodic ..."
4. The Septonate and the Centralization of the Tonal System: A New View of the by Julius Klauser (1890)
"Elsewhere I have furnished a full list of simple dual, simple triple, compound,
mixed, regular and irregular rhythms, mono- rhythms and polyrhythms, ..."
5. Ethics and Aesthetics of Piano Playing by Constantin von Sternberg (1917)
"If polyrhythms seem unattainable—if one hand seems incapable of playing four
notes to the three of the other hand— accentuate the "dead points" a little ..."
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