Chapter 3: Varieties of Rhythmic Experience

Surveying the musics of the world shows many different ways of conceptualizing the use of rhythmic sound.

3.1  Fluid, Unmeasured, and Beatless 3.2  Meter 3.3  Additive vs. Divisive 3.4  Timelines 3.5  The Clave 3.6  Samba 3.7  Vodou Drumming 3.8  Tala 3.9  Polyrhythms 3.10  Inner Melody and the Gamelan 3.11  Funk 3.12  Hip Hop 3.13  Simultaneous Tempos 3.14  Synthesis