Cross-beat

In music, a cross-beat or cross-rhythm is a specific form of polyrhythm. The term cross rhythm was introduced in 1934 by the musicologist Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980). It refers to a situation where the rhythmic conflict found in polyrhythms is the basis of an entire musical piece.^[1]

^ New Harvard Dictionary of Music (1986: 216). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

[1] New Harvard Dictionary of Music (1986: 216). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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