Polyrhythms

Polyrhythm piano

Polyrhythm piano
  1. What is a polyrhythm in music?
  2. Are polyrhythms hard?
  3. How do you practice polyrhythm?

What is a polyrhythm in music?

Polyrhythm, also called Cross-rhythm, the simultaneous combination of contrasting rhythms in a musical composition. Rhythmic conflicts, or cross-rhythms, may occur within a single metre (e.g., two eighth notes against triplet eighths) or may be reinforced by simultaneous combinations of conflicting metres.

Are polyrhythms hard?

Polyrhythms can be hard!

It's enough to make your most peppy piano kid droop… and enough to make you just want to avoid teaching pieces with these rhythms all together.

How do you practice polyrhythm?

There are a couple useful approaches to practicing complex polyrhythms: First, find out where the right hand coincides with the left and use those notes as landmarks. Draw a line connecting them in the score. Then practice the notes between individual “landmarks.”

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