Sound Examples for Chapter 3: Varieties of Rhythmic Experience

[S:19] Clustering of a Melody (ClusterMel.mp3 0:24) One possible realization of this melody.
[S:20] Playing Divisions (PlayDiv.mp3 0:39) A melody is divided into simple and compound rhythm, melody, and time.
[S:21] Agbekor Timelines (Agbekor(a).mp3 0:29) and (Agbekor(b).mp3 0:29).
[S:22] Drum Gahu (DrumGahu.mp3 0:32) The gankogui bell, the axatse rattle, and a drum simulate this rhythmic pattern from Ghana called drum Gahu.
[S:23] Three Clave Patterns (Clave(a).mp3 0:19), (Clave(b).mp3 0:32), and (Clave(c).mp3 0:19).
[S:24] The Samba (Samba(a).mp3 0:32) and (Samba(b).mp3 0:32) simulate two samba patterns.
[S:25] Vodou Drumming (Vodou(a).mp3 0:32) and (Vodou(b).mp3 0:32) demonstrate two voudou rhythmic patterns.
[S:26] Tala (Tala(a).mp3 0:30), (Tala(b).mp3 0:30), (Tala(c).mp3 0:30), (Tala(d).mp3 0:30), (Tala(e).mp3 0:30) simulate five tala rhythms.
[S:27] Polyrhythms
  1. (Poly32-1200.mp3 0:10) The three vs. two polyrhythm is performed at a rate of 1.2 sec  per cycle. Typically, the cycle is heard as a single perceptual unit rather than as two independent time cycles.
  2. (Poly32-120.mp3 0:05) The three vs. two polyrhythm is performed at a rate of 120 ms  per cycle. The rhythm has become a rapid jangling.
  3. (Poly32-12.mp3 0:05) The three vs. two polyrhythm is performed at a rate of 12 ms  per cycle. The rhythm has become pitched, and the two rates are individually perceptible as two notes a fifth apart.
  4. (Poly32-12000.mp3 0:30) The three vs. two polyrhythm is performed at a rate of 12 sec  per cycle. All rhythmic feel is lost.
  5. (Poly32b.mp3 0:15) The three vs. two polyrhythm performed at a rate of 1.0 sec  per cycle. Typically, the cycle is heard as a single perceptual unit rather than as two independent time cycles.
  6. (Poly43.mp3 0:20) The four vs. three polyrhythm is performed at a rate of 2.0 sec  per cycle.
  7. (Poly52.mp3 0:20) The five vs. two polyrhythm is performed at a rate of 2.0 sec per cycle.
  8. (Poly53.mp3 0:20) The five vs. three polyrhythm is performed at a rate of 2.0 sec per cycle.
  9. (Poly54.mp3 0:20) The five vs. four polyrhythm is performed at a rate of 2.0 sec per cycle.
  10. (Poly65.mp3 0:20) The six vs. five polyrhythm is performed at a rate of 2.5 sec per cycle
[S:28] Persistence of Time (PersistenceofTime.mp3 4:55) This composition exploits the three against two polyrhythm as its basic rhythmic element.
[S:29] Gamelan Cycle (GamelanCycle.mp3 0:36) A four-part realization of a balungan melody.
[S:30] Funk (Funk(a).mp3 0:15) and (Funk(b).mp3 0:15) excerpt single cycles from James Brown's Out of Sight and Papa's Got a Brand New Bag to highlight the relationship between the funk groove and the African timeline.
[S:31] The Hip Hop Sublime (Sublime.mp3 0:15) The rhythmic patterns of the sublime parallel the interlocking structures of traditional African timelines.
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