Foundation Course in African Music
Foundation Course in African Music
In the development of cross rhythm, there are some selected rhythmic materials or beat schemes that are customarily used. These beat schemes, in their generic forms, are simple divisions of the same musical period in equal units, producing varying rhythmic densities or motions.
A simultaneous articulation of beat schemes of contrasting rhythmic motions normally produces a cross rhythmic texture. In practice, a cross rhythm is produced by interacting beat schemes based on two or multiples of two units against those based on three or multiples of three units ( 2:3 ratio).
Developmental
Techniques of Cross Rhythms
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