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What does polyrhythmic mean?

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Adjective
  1. (music) Having multiple, simultaneous rhythms.
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Underneath all these echoing voices, he stretches pulsing bass, percolating congas, and an ocean of polyrhythmic waves into a weird dance song constantly in-flux.
This is especially true of salsa which is polyrhythmic which means it has many layers of rhythms occurring at the same time.
At the end of the movement the polyrhythmic figure accompanies the piccolo solo.
They are valuable two-part, sometimes very polyrhythmic songs in which you vaguely recognize an old musical form here and there.
Music for dance can also be polyrhythmic, having two simultaneous tempos and metres.
Suitable for jazz dance, modern dance, hip hop, improvisation, free dance, polyrhythmic exercises, character dance, relaxation exercises, etc.

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