CASE STUDIES OF RHYMIC SYSTEMS and CONCEPTS

• Western Music Notation
  • Rhythm and Tempo
  • Brail music notation
• Gamelan(from Java and Bali)
  • The People’s Guide to the Gamelan
  • Colotomy [youtube go to 1:15]
  • Irama [explanation]
• Hindustani and Carnatic Music (North and South India)
  • Raga [historic explanation by Ravi Shankar, more detailed one by Sanjeev Abhyankar]
  • Tala [Dr. N. Rajam – Raga Miyan Malhar: Khayal]
• West African Drumming
  • Circularity of Rhythm in West African Polyphony
  • Polyrhythm [Haiti Voodoo example 1, and example 2]
  • Heterogeneous Sound Ideal [Haiti Voodoo example]
• Contemporary Classical Music
  • Serialism
    • Olivier Messiaen  Quatre études de rythme (1949-50) [Various Artists – 4 Etudes de rythme: No. 2. Mode de valeurs et d’intensites]
  • Hocketing
    • Louis Andriessen Hoketus (1974-6) [youtube]
  • Phasing
    • Steve Reich Piano Phase (1967) [youtube]
    • David Cossin Audio Video phasing [youtube]
    • Steve Reich Drumming (1970-71) [yourube, youtube]
    • Many related phasing videos on YouTube
  • Rhythmic Cell
    • Igor Stravinsky Right of Spring (1913) [Score (see page 12), Igor Stravinsky – Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring): Auguries of Spring (Dances of the Young Girls)]
    • Igor Stravinsky Symphony of Wind Instruments (1920) [Chamber Harmony – Symphony of Wind Instruments]
  • Rhythmic Sparsity/Density/Parallelism
    • György Ligeti Poème symphonique (1962) [on YouTube]
    • John Cage Organ²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible) [1987]
    • Conlon Nancarrow Studies for Player Piano [Conlon Nancarrow – Study for Player Piano No. 3e] (see also this centennial page/video)
    • Zimoun Sound Sculpture Works [2006-2012]