If anybody doubts usage of polyrhythms, I highly recommend listening to Tool (especially the last few albums) and seeing how polyrhythms on drums affect the feel and atmosphere of a song
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They obviously are like American tourists around the world. Thinking that all world music is what they are used to. Then they see a Senegalese trio banging drums in the subway and make a YouTube video about it. Not knowing that all they have to do is step into the Puerto Rican district of New York to find music with polyrhythm.
1 year ago (edited) | 0
Jay Fenichel
In my recent New Years post… (and frankly any post that talks about #polyrhythm )… there are always a flock of inevitable comments that say something to the effect of:
“yeah, but good luck using that in a song, bruh!”
The facts are… #polyrhythms are just like any other rhythm and they serve the same function.
Any great drummer or musician with musical intelligence uses them like they use any other rhythmic figure, without discrimination… but like any other rhythm, they require study and practice.
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