ICONOCLAST Secrets


Polyrhythms

"Flan is like a woman" (track 21 on Paradise) is a composition that is fun to describe from a polyrhythmic standpoint. In the middle section Leo plays a rhythm in seven on the bass drum.


with a four (quartuplet) on the hi-hat on top of the seven (with a snare on the second and a floor tom on the fourth beat of the four).

Julie plays a melodic line which is 5 over 3 of Leo's hi-hat beats

So in other words, it's a five over three of the four over seven.



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