POLYRHYTHM- Learn and MASTER 3:4 and 4:3 [MUSIC THEORY - RHYTHM- COUNTING]
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Published 2019-01-23
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I have been so scared to make this video- It's a really hard topic to learn and teach, and there's not much interest in the topic. HOWEVER I feel that polyrhythm is a fantasticly fun and productive concept to practice. In this video, we learn about what polyrhythm is, then learn about resultant and composite rhythms and how they can help us learn to perform a 3:4 polyrhythm.
We go way beyond just "passing the golden butter" in this video to explore the musical aspects of these rhythms and how we can apply them in real world scenarios, with a significant stress on how a polyrhythm can be interpreted two different ways with two different dominant beats.
If you like progressive rock, djent, math metal, indian music, or anything else that is hard to dance to, you'll probably enjoy working with this concept. I wish you the best of luck with this one- it's tough stuff!
If you're curious what a polyrhythm sounds like you can skip to the example at 13:02
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Table of Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:22 What Are Polyrhythms?
01:53 Composite Rhythms
04:00 The Dominant Three
07:01 The Dominant Four
10:59 Finger-Style Polyrhythms
13:11 Wrapping Up
All Comments (21)
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Some additional notes- 12/8 is the king of signatures for creating a 3:4 polyrhythm. Try creating a melody or riff in 12/8 then experiment with the rhythm section switching between either steady 3 or steady 4, or BOTH at the same time. Also, polymeters CREATE polyrhythms if you remove the "in between" notes. Watch my video on polymeter and you'll see the relationship- if you play the FIRST NOTE of every polymetric section, what you have is a polyrhythm!
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Instructions unclear; I'm covered in butter now.
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"What's my purpose?" "You pass the stinking butter."
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This guy is so good, not only can he talk while playing polyrhythms, when he plays 4/4 guitar over them he burst into flames! Good stuff.
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I am a professional West African drum instructor. That said, I'm thoroughly impressed by the simplistic yet conclusive way you introduced polyrhythms here. You are a phenomenal instructor of music!
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This is just one of the best music education videos out there. Huge high fives!!!
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I like that instead of asking me to join his Patreon, he said: "If you did like this video, you can thank my Patreon supporters for making it possible."
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"Musical or chaotic" Chopin: Hold my beer! THANK YOU! I've been learning the Fantasie Impromptu by Chopin which has a 4/3 polyrhythm and this explanation helped SO MUCH.
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I was about to live on 4/4 forever and cry over the fact that I can't groove in 3/4 until this video, just saved my life.
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By far the best practical explanation of polyrhythms I'ver ever seen. Musicians tend to be pretty bad at explaining things easily. This guy is an exception. I'm sure he's an excellent musician but he's even better as a teacher.
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The phrases I recommend are: 3:4 GIVE adVICE to MOther 4:3 GIVE MOther SOME adVICE
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Damn it I went into seizure trying to count
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Incredibly clear teaching and pacing. This needs to be shown by every music teacher.
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Dude, this video is legitimately flawless - excellent stuff!
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Excellent tutorial! (claps in 4:3) 👏👏👏
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That's amazing... I improvised this 3:4 polyrhythm when playing percussion for years and years and never knew what I'm doing or why it sounds so awesome. Thanks for clearing that up
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Im a beginner drummer and I’ve been practicing just shy of a year and I’ve been stuck in the 4/4 rut with no idea how to understand 3/4 let alone translate it on the kit. This video helped me understand so now I can take that knowledge and FINALLY start practicing. Thank you so much for the easy to understand explanation :)))
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"When I first discovered polyrhythm it was like somebody showed me a brand new spatial dimension" - We call it eastern europe
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My brain hurts now but this is easily the best video I've seen that explains this concept! Love your lessons! 🤘
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This video really helped me wrap my head around the concept....I would say this is the best videos I found on the topic.
