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Re: polyrhythm


>King Crimson "Discipline" sort of stuff.  Record a phrase in 7/4, then
>overdub a phrase in 4/4 or 3/4, so you get a continual shifting effect.
>Like someone just mentioned, I guess the best solution for now is to
>record each phrase until they converge. In the 7/4 and 4/4 case, I guess
>that would be 28 beats, if I'm picturing this correctly.

Yup, it's (remembering our junior high math) the LCM, or Least Common
Multiple, of all the times.  E.g., 6 against 4 repeats in 12, not in
24.

Low, let's all write out our prime factor trees, and. . .

;-)