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Innovations in duration and structure: polyrhythm, mixed metre, looping, phasing and additive form

Innovations in duration and structure
Unit 3 · Unit 3: Innovations — How do musicians incorporate innovative music practices to communicate meaning when performing and composing?

What this note covers

  1. Innovation in duration and structure
  2. Irregular, mixed and changing metres
  3. Polyrhythm, cross-rhythm and polymetre
  4. Looping and phasing
  5. Additive structures and irregular phrasing
  6. Tempo as innovation
  7. Writing about time-based innovation

7 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes

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