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"Chrysalis" (composition incorporating all polyrhythm lessons)

Download the MP3 of my composition where I layered all percussion elements, with Randy Roos on guitars. This concept tune features several tabla solos in different rhythm cycles and structures (binary and ternary).

Analysis of Polymeters (balafon lessons 1–5):

3:2 0:00 – 0:12 (basic)

3:2 0:12 – 0:47 (syncopated)

4:3 0:47 – 1:46

5:3 1:46 – 3:00

7:3 3:00 – 3:53

5:4 3:53 – 4:36

7:4 4:36 – 5:28

3:2 5:28 – end