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If the least common multiple of two elements is high, the rhythm would have a very long period, which doesn't sound very well. Three elements of periods 16,9 an
by kmm 12y ago
If the least common multiple of two elements is high, the rhythm would have a very long period, which doesn't sound very well. Three elements of periods 16,9 and 7 would have a period of 1008 steps, which at a tempo of 100 would take 10 seconds to reset. That's not a rhythm, that's a tune.
- TheLoneWolfling 12y agoI actually thought it would be interesting to do a tune along those lines. Have a quartet where each one is playing something with a different time signature. Hellish to coordinate, but could be interesting at the same time, as instruments wander in and out of sync with each other. Chord progressions forming with two and three instruments while the others are doing something else.
- boomlinde 12y agoThat it doesn't sound well is a very subjective notion. Polyrhythm is quite common in some types of music, and a staple of traditional music in many places outside europe. In western music you can usually find it art music, film soundtracks, jazz, IDM, progressive rock... With well placed accents and syncopation I don't think it's that bothersome to the untrained ear even.