How to play a 4:5 Polyrhythm

This is an visualization for how to understand and how to play a 4:5 (four against five) polyrhythm.

A polyrhythm is when two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another play at the same time.

0:00 - Intro
0:07 - Rhythm starts

[Polyrhythms]

I rewatched this and was like “man, maybe it’s a bit too fast.” Then I realised; my YouTube was at 1.75x playback speed.

[colinr]

Once you learn it, it can still be a bit confusing on how to start the loop. for me it helped to play the five beats first.