Poly Rhythms

Poly Rhythms + Beats

[AlphaSquadZero]

It definitely sounds better when the beat is at the same rate as the lower rhythm and the rhythms are only one frequency apart.

[bigsaltdeluxe]

This would be amazing for a visual novel. Each character gets their own rhythm and they combine when there’s multiple characters on screen.

[PatchyDog]

Circle's been real quiet since this dropped 🔥🔥🔥

[moka]

This is perhaps the most illustrative video I've seen on polyrhythms, it helps a lot when it plays along with a beat

[NavnikBHSilver]

It's interesting how the experience of the 'melody parts' changes dramatically depending on the 'rhythm parts'.

[TRquiet]

1:20 Okay, I didn’t expect the 4+5 x5 beat to slap quite that hard.

[known_questionmark]

this is actually quite genius! The way that the added percussion makes you actually focus on a single rhythm while the other one supports it, really makes you understand how theyre supposed to sound!

[IsaacMyers]

Personally I liked the 4/4 drums over the 3:4:5 polyrhythm.

[oakalquine]

something about the wholesome translation of mathematics into this artistic, carefree form makes me very happy deep down just watching. thanks for making this

[WhyHandlesIMeanFroggchamp]

2 + 3 and 4 + 3 are my favorites.

2 + 3 sounds like something you would hear in a visual novel

4 + 3 sounds like something you’d hear in an action movie trailer

[youngalfred]

I'd love to see a version where the shapes don't separate side by side - the overlay was a really cool and easy to follow visual to see where the beats coincide.

[moka]

The first sequence of 2:3 through 4:5 is the same as it happens in the intro of "Fanfare for Effective Freedom" by Horse Lords, much recommended listen if you're into polyrhythms and odd meters.

[ceasar]

0:38 kinda sounds like a bass for aesthetic music
1:34 that one part

[dustinzacharias]

Y’all, wasn’t prepared for the beeps and boops to be fire dawg. 🔥🔥🔥

[Malaphor]

I love how adding the beat and then moving it from the fewer subdivisions to greater subdivisions doesn't actually change the speed of the beat, but certainly feels like it does.

[johnathanclayton]

I love how you correlated the pitches to their degree in the harmonic series!

[Dinomatrix]

I just saw one of these that just kept increasing, never actually becoming music and I thought this was gonna be the same. When it started adding rhythms I was pleasantly surprised and I actually got excited when the beats showed up.

[Funnysortts]

0:23 Linangle
0:28 Dimangle
0:32 Dimagon
0:37 Trixagon
0:55 Double Linangle-Up
1:00 Triple Linangle-Up
1:05 Triple Dimangle-Up
1:09 Quadruple Dimangle-Up
1:14 Quadruple Dimagon-Up
1:19 Quintuple Dimagon-Up
1:24 Quintuple Trixagon-Up
1:28 Triple Trixagon-Up
1:33 Drixagon
1:38 Triple Drixagon-Up
1:42 Quadruple Drixagon-Up
1:47 Quintuple Drixagon-Up

[coffeebeaned]

i was so confused on what "poly rhythms" actually was, and this video explained it, without words, and perfectly well for someone who doesn't understand music theory AT ALL. i actually understand it! thank you!!

[imer]

this just shows how easy it is to make music with literally anything