Re: Fusion--or Polyrhythm
CLAY MOORE ( cmoore4@ix.netcom.com )
Sun, 09 Feb 1997 09:54:49 -0600
Alan Young wrote:
>
> Andrew Stapleton inquired:
> >
> >What about different methods of mixing them? Say drums in 4/4 and base in
> >5/4 and both at the same beats per min. so that at every 5 bars you match
> >your first beat. Or at different speeds so that the bars are of equal duration.
>
> Well, that's not fusion, that's polyrhythm.
According to my first instructor these are two different animals. When
you have 4/4 and 5/4 but with quarter notes getting the same duration
it's POLYMETER, while POLYRHYTHM is an uneven grouping of notes over an
even grouping, such as 5 over 2 or 7 over 4.
Clay