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Time Signatures and Polyrhythms

Polyrhythms (Cross Rhythms)

Time Signatures and Polyrhythms
Simple and compound time, additive rhythms, and polyrhythms

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To listen to the rhythms at other tempi and play many other rhythms, with bouncing visuals to help you play in time, get Bounce Metronome Pro - As Reviewed in Sound On Sound Magazine, January 2010.

You get a free 30 day Test drive - with all the features fully unlocked.It has all time signatures with subdivisions, and a tempo dial with some extra rarely encountered features including gradually changing tempi.

You can also use it to practice drum patterns such as paradiddles, polyrhythms, mixed meters and additive rhythms and swing, rhythm cycles, indeed just about any rhythm you can think of.

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About these rhythms - mp3s and midi clips - To find out more

About these rhythms - Time Signatures

These clips show examples of the various types of time signature (wikipedia article). Bounce Metronome Pro can play all these rhythms and any of the other types of time signature mentioned in that article.

These are audio clips of Bounce Metronome Pro. To get your own 30 day unrestricted Test drive of the program go here:

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Mp3s and midi clips

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2 / 4 [4 mins]	3 / 4 [4 mins]	4 / 4 [4 mins]	4 / 4 with middle beat emphasized [4 mins]	4 / 4 with eighth notes and middle beat emphasized [4 mins]
5 / 4 [4 mins]	6 / 8 compound time [4 mins]	9 / 8 compound time [4 mins]	12 / 8 compound time [4 mins]	3 /4 and 2/4 additive rhythm [4 mins]
3 /4 and 4/4 [4 mins]	4/4 and 5/4 [4 mins]	3/4, 2/4 and 2/4 [4 mins]	2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 [4 mins]	3/4, 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 [4 mins]
3/4 with 2/4 polyrhythm [4 mins]	4/4 with 3/4 [4 mins]	2 / 4 [4 mins]	3/4 with 2/4 then 4/4 with 3/4 polyrhythmic additive rhythm [4 mins]	3/4 with 2/4 then 3/4 with 4/4 [4 mins]
5/4 with 3/4 [4 mins]	5/4 with 3/4 with 2/4 [4 mins]	5/4 with 2/4, then 3/4 with 2/4 then 4/4 with 3/4 then 3/4 then 4/4 then 5/4 with 3/4 polyrhythmic additive rhythm [4 mins]

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7/4 with 3/4 [4 mins]	7/4 with 5/4 [4 mins]	7/4 with 5/4 with 3/4 [4 mins]	5/4 with 3/4 then 7/4 with 3/4 polyrhythmic additive rhythm [4 mins]	11/4 with 3/4 [4 mins]
11/4 with 5/4 [4 mins]	11/4 with 7/4 [4 mins]	11/4 with 7/4 with 5/4 with 3/4 with 2/4 polyrhythm [4 mins]	13/4 with 5/4 [4 mins]	13/4 with 7/4 [4 mins]
13/4 with 11/4 [4 mins]	13/4 with 11/4 with 5/4 [4 mins]	13/4 with 11/4 with 7/4 [4 mins]

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(1 minute ) (4 minutes )

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To find out more

These are audio clips of Bounce Metronome Pro. To get your own 30 day unrestricted Test drive of the program go here:

You will be able to play any of these metronomes endlessly, vary the tempo, adjust the time signatures, and make many more types of rhythm. To find out more, see Details and Features.

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