Timeline for What is the difference between syncopation and poly-rhythm?
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| Apr 1, 2021 at 3:21 | comment | added | Luke Sawczak | @Stinkfoot But unlike polyrhythms, syncopation tends to be in lockstep with the song's rhythm, i.e. it's just the same thing shifted over. Whereas polyrhythms don't share a time signature. | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 1:49 | comment | added | user1079505 | Isn't Kashmir an example of polymeter? See e.g. this answer: music.stackexchange.com/a/10508/63781 | |
| Nov 26, 2017 at 20:29 | comment | added | Stinkfoot | Understood. But there are certainly also situations where syncopation will also result in polyrhythm - the syncopated accents can create a meter of their own. | |
| Nov 25, 2017 at 22:02 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | @Stinkfoot Yes but it’s one way. Meaning polyrhythm almost guarantees syncopation, but syncopation exists quite frequently without polyrhythm. | |
| Nov 25, 2017 at 21:53 | comment | added | Stinkfoot | As you might logically conclude, generally at least one of the rhythms will come across as syncopated - Yes. That's one the reasons I asked the question - there is almost invariably some overlap between the two. | |
| Nov 25, 2017 at 19:33 | vote | accept | Stinkfoot | ||
| Nov 24, 2017 at 23:08 | history | edited | Todd Wilcox | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 24, 2017 at 23:00 | history | answered | Todd Wilcox | CC BY-SA 3.0 |