On it.
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I got something going now.
Itās basic but itās 3/4 so that ticks the boxes eh?
No imo.
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Iāve got this bit going though
Yeah ok, hehe. I guess we donāt really disqualify anyone anyways.
Got something going here too, tried incorporating some polymeter stuff at least, but now I kinda just wanna focus on what the song needs and not focus too much on the ārulesā. Prolly gonna try out some more polyrhythmical stuff in the next section.
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I think my basic beat is doing the poly thing. Im not hundred percent sure tbh, but it defintiely doesnt sound like anything else ive made so thats good.
Going to try and make a melody that is more obviously poly-etc
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doing the poly thing
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Damn, look at those teeth. Iād easily tap that.
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Imo a polymeter is one of two things, either a song that uses multiple meters, so long something thatās 3 beats long, then 7, then 15, then 4, another 4, etc. Or maybe a verse thatās in 5, followed by a chorus in 3. But the whole band is playing in this time.
Or it could be voices playing some number of beats, while other voices play a different number.
So like drums playing kick on one, open hat on 2, snare on 3, while a bass plays on 1 and 3 of a 5 beat pattern. They donāt really play together except on that first 1 and 3, then it loops around 5/3 times until they line back up. The key thing is theyāre not really working together. Theyāre their own things, and one of them is probably going to feel more like the ārootā rhythm with the other sliding around on top.
A polyrhythm is going to be able to be felt in either of the rhythms, and generally involves the whole band working together to create both feels, and creates a kind of push and pull where it may feel more like one than the other.
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I just gave up and did it in 3/4 
3/4 is a time signature not a polyrhthm.
This is an example of a polyrhythm:
The video in the OP explains it all
I got that bit, I watched the vid. I went 3/4 to try and get out of the kick on 1 snare on 3 mentality.
I think my drums are doing polyrhythms. Hard to wrap my brain round this one.
Probably going to do poly on the melodies. I think I can visualise/hear that easier
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What I like to do is keep the timing 4/4 but set the different tracks to loop in multiples of 3. So eg Iād loop my hats at 3 beats in a bar my kick on 6th my snare on 9 etc
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I think I might switch my track to 4/4 and do that.
Iāve overcomplicated myself
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You can still get a polyrhythm in 3/4. Your 2 feel is going to come from the 1, and the AND of 2.
You could also have the 3 be half time so it takes two bars, so your main 3 beats are on the 1 3 5 and then your 2 feel comes from the 1 and 4.
Hopefully that makes sense
Yeah I think so, Iāll give it a try, cheers
Basically think of the whole time frame, and then all the ways that can be divided (evenly). Thatās why itās usually a 12 beat cycle, cuz thereās tons of was to divide 12, so itās very easy to create different rhythmic feels
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Yeah I can see it in 4/4, I think I made it more difficult for myself putting it in 3/4 (even though it still has that 12 divisibility). Itās just a bit tricky thinking in a different way than Iām used to.
Yeah you can do 3 bars of 4/4 too, but the bar lines arenāt going to line up well with the rhythm.
I can take some sequencer pictures in a little bit giving some examples of how to set up a polyrhythmic skeleton in 3/4 and 4/4 and maybe some of the standard patterns/claves if you or anyone else would like.
Iāve been really interested in polyrhythms since I was like 16 but this is my first real attempt at actually making a song that uses them and Iām learning a ton so Iām really hype about this lol
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