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Polyrhythm

LC control no.sh2006007939
Topical headingPolyrhythm
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Variant(s)Cross-rhythm
See alsoMusical meter and rhythm
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Found inNew Grove dict. of mus. WWW site, Nov. 1, 2006: (superposition of different rhythms or metres; the term is closely related to (and sometimes used synonymously with) Cross-rhythm, though the latter is properly restricted to rhythm that contradicts a given metric pulse or beat)
New Harvard dict. of mus. (sometimes also cross-rhythm)