Author Question: Polyrhythm is a. two or more seemingly independent lines of rhythm sounding simultaneously b. ... (Read 23 times)

jhjkgdfhk · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Polyrhythm is

a. two or more seemingly independent lines of rhythm sounding simultaneously
b. quarter notes heard against eighth notes
c. rhythms appearing together one after the other in a melody
d. contrasting rhythms answering previously stated rhythms as in a call-and-response
situation

Question 2

Five ways of distinguishing African functional music cultures from the European tradition are

a. metronomic sense, call and response, extensive use of syncopation, dominance of stringed
instruments, extensive use of moderately simple rhythms
b. metronomic sense, call and response, light use of syncopation, dominance of percussion,
extensive use of polyrhythm
c. improvised tempos, call and response, extensive use of syncopation, dominance of
percussion, extensive use of polyrhythm
d. metronomic sense, call and response, extensive use of syncopation, dominance of
percussion, extensive use of polyrhythm