Talk:Additive rhythm and divisive rhythm

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yeah okay...

Simetric
It's not true that an asymmetric rhythm could be translated into a simetric rhythm (like : 3+3+2 = 3+2+3), because groupings mean where is the stressed note. Like: 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 (1s being stresses)

I need to go away and think about this but at first the reference to 3+2+3 being regular doesn't sound right. 3+2+3 is just as irregular as 3+3+2. The weak downbeat halfway through the bar doesn't occur at the start of a rhythmic cell in either case...--Andybak

Needs elaboration
After having read this article, I still haven't the slightest clue what additive rhythm actually is. - furrykef (Talk at me) 11:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I think this article needs examples, and I mean musical examples, and not just mentioning African o Indian music. --Drdq (talk) 00:14, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

can't really be made symmetrical so easily, I fear
A rhythm like 2+2+2+3 can't be made symmetrical just by starting one's count part-way through the sequence. (Try Bartok's Mikrokosmos, No. 152: Dance in Bulgarian Style No. 5.) And even something like 2+2+3, assuming it really constitutes a 7-beat unit, can't be considered symmetrical unless the listener loses count mid-way through the piece. Suggest losing that sentence. Charmii 04:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Opening sentence

 * "In music, an additive rhythm is a rhythm in which larger periods of time [are] constructed from sequences of smaller rhythmic units added to the end of the previous unit."

The first sentence... doesn't appear to make any sense. Is it missing an "are" somewhere? I'm not sure exactly what its saying so I can't try to fix it. Bitwiseb (talk) 02:57, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed back in December of '07. Hyacinth (talk) 05:34, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Philip Glass Quote
I think Philip Glass summarized the subject of this article rather concisely in this quote:


 * "I would explain the difference between the use of Western and Indian music in the following way: In Western music we divide time — as if you were to take a length of time and slice it the way you slice a loaf of bread. In Indian music (and all the non-Western music with which I'm familiar), you take small units, or 'beats,' and string them together to make up larger time values."

http://www.philipglass.com/music/recordings/two_pages.php

Should we include it in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Keshidragon (talk • contribs) 15:54, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Removed: European metres

 * European metres are divisive.

The above has been removed. Hyacinth (talk) 10:32, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

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