[sdiy] Polymeter (was Re:Ring Mod (was Re: Hadamard Transform Network))

[mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca]

On Wed, 17 May 2017, Mattias Rickardsson wrote:
> Polymeter =
> having different loop lengths on different channels (each channel
> stepping along at the same speed).

> Polyrhythm =
> having different numbers of steps on different channels (all channels
> looping simultaneously).

For what it's worth, the Lilypond manual uses the term "polymeteric" for
both of these.

   http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#polymetric-notation

Gould's _Behind Bars_ also groups them both under the heading "Polymetre."
So although there is a useful distinction here, I wonder how standardized
it is, and whether (like "paraphony") it's something coined within the
synthesizer business to describe a distinction for which other fields
don't use a specific term.
-- 
Matthew Skala
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