Cross-beat
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In music, a cross-beat or cross-rhythm is a specific form of polyrhythm. The term cross rhythm was introduced in 1934 by the musicologist Arthur Morris Jones. It refers to a situation where the rhythm
Ghanaian gyil
Ghanaian gyil sounds 3:2 cross-rhythm. Playⓘ
Holding an mbira dzavadzimu
Ewe gankoqui bell
Bell pattern
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A bell pattern is a rhythmic pattern of striking a hand-held bell or other instrument of the idiophone family, to make it emit a sound at desired intervals. It is often a key pattern, in most cases it
Cross-beat
…head) for the Afro-Cuban rhythm changó (Shango). It is the same pattern as the previous figure, but the strokes occur at half the rate. The following bell pattern is used in the Ewe rhythm kadodo. The pattern consists of three modules—two pairs of strokes, and a single stroke. The three single stroke are muted…
Ghanaian iron gankoqui bells.
Axatse
Cuban-style mountable cowbells.
Standard bell pattern variations Play topⓘ and Play bottomⓘ