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Cross-beat
Sign in to saveIn music, a cross-beat or cross-rhythm is a specific form of polyrhythm. The term cross rhythm was introduced in 1934 by the musicologist Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980). It refers to a situation where the rhythmic conflict found in polyrhythms is the basis of an entire musical piece.
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- Etymology
- African music
- One main system
- An embodiment of the people
- Cross-rhythmic ratios
- 3:2
- 6:4
- 3:4
- 1.5:4 (or 3:8)
- 4:3
- Duple-pulse correlative of 3:2
- Cross-rhythm, not polymeter
- Adaptive instruments
- Jazz
- 3:2 (or 6:4)
- 3:4
- 2:3
- Duple-pulse correlative of 3:2
- See also
- References
In music, a cross-beat or cross-rhythm is a specific form of polyrhythm. The term cross rhythm was introduced in 1934 by the musicologist Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980). It refers to a situation where the rhythmic conflict found in polyrhythms is the basis of an entire musical piece.
== Etymology == The term "cross rhythm" was introduced in 1934 by the musicologist Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980), who, with Klaus Wachsmann, took-up extended residence in Zambia and Uganda, respectively, as missionaries, educators, musicologists, and museologists.