45.96Compare our recent rhythmic worlds

Funk

sixteenth grid + riff/ghost-note microtiming.

5/4

unequal large groups: 3+2.

Additive 9/8

short-short-short-long: 2+2+2+3.

6/8 polyrhythm

3+3 simultaneously against 2+2+2.

Clave

a two-bar asymmetric timeline organizing multiple independent instrumental roles.

These are not simply different drum patterns.

They are different ways of organizing musical time.