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| | My Favorite Polyrythms | | 1 |  | Tool
Lateralus
Laturalus:
A masterpiece in polyrhythm, the bridge blows my mind when the bass plays in 6, the drums in 5, and the guitar in 4. | | 2 |  | Led Zeppelin
Physical Graffiti
Kashmir:
The classic polyrhythm 3/4 over 4/4 in a classic song. | | 3 |  | Thrice
The Artist In The Ambulance
Blood Clots and Black Holes:
I adore the opening riff of this song. It's even better when it's played under a syncopated riff that adds a beat after each break in the rhythm. | | 4 |  | Sigur Ros
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Untitled 3:
Beautiful melody in 3 that is kept fresh by the chord changes in 4. | | 5 |  | Dream Theater
Train of Thought
Honor Thy Father:
When I saw Dream Theater a couple years ago, they played each part so effortlessly that they looked bored. However, during this song when they came out of a jam in the bridge, each instrument falls into its own time signature and it was the only time that night that they actually looked like they had difficulty playing. Ironically on the cd it doesn't really sound that hard. | | 6 |  | Mudvayne
L.D. 50
(K)now F(orever):
There's a specific point in the song where the band does descending hits in the pattern of 4 hits, 3 hits, 2 hits, and 1 hit. After a couple of repeats, the band goes into a jam with the drummer following with his hands while he repeats the descending hits with his feet. It's amazing. | | 7 | | Stravinsky
Rite of Spring
The birth of the polyrhythm. | | 8 |  | Dillinger Escape Plan
Miss Machine
Phone Home:
The ghost notes on the snare give a haunting rhythmic beat a signature that I have yet to figure out played over a syncopated 4 beat on the ride cymbal. | | 9 |  | Battles
Mirrored
Atlas:
The funky guitar riff which never seems to find the pocket in the steady percussive 4 beat is mesmerizing. | | 10 |  | Porcupine Tree
Deadwing
Deadwing:
The drumbeat dances around by having the snare hit in 4 but the kick drum in 7 during the bridge. | |
Jimmy
01.21.08 | soundgarden - superunknown - my wave | Sound
01.21.08 | nice list. good call on 1,2,5,10.
Porcupine Tree - 'Even Less' and 'Anesthetize'
Meshugghah - 'New Millenium Cyanide Christ' and 'I'
| Commortus
01.21.08 | I don't even know how you can make this list without Meshuggah, but you clearly know your way around musical theory so I'll let it go. I would've put Meshuggah - Future Breed Machine on here for sure. | jrowa001
01.21.08 | i love how 6 is just so much above the numetal realm, then after that album Mudvayne decided to stop being better than all the other numetal bands | TheStarclassicTreatment
01.21.08 | 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 rule.
2 especially despite being so simple, and 5 is tricky to get around, thus cool. | donovr
01.21.08 | I haven't listened to enough Meshuggah to make an educated decision about them although I know they are extremely talented | KissofJudas
01.21.08 | Not really sure about Miss Machine being a polyrhythm but I tabbed out the groove you're referring to on the fly. Copy and paste in Courier New text I suppose:
HH|----x-------x---|x---x---x-------|
R|B-------B-------|------------B---|
S|-gg--gg----X-gg-|-gg--gg--gg---X-|
B|---o---o-o------|---o---o---o-o-o|
1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a 1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
P.S. I'm not sure if you're a drummer but you sure talk like one. | donovr
01.21.08 | Phone Home on Miss Machine is only polyrhythmic right at the beginning. Once the verse starts it's in a syncopated 4.
| DWittisarockstar
01.21.08 | I love polyrhythms. We didn't talk about them much in Music Theory though. | skullcrusher149
01.26.08 | props for Tool and Mudvayne | thebhoy
12.19.08 | 3 over 4 is really really simplistic. Also, there are way better polyrythms in Mirrored, Atlas is the simplest song in terms of this, Rainbow has a few and Race: In I believe. |
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