Polyrhythms

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Okay we all know that the average joe can do a solid 3 against two and a 4 against 3.  But what about five against 4?  6 against 5?  Or 6 against 7?

I just wanna see what they sound like.  So could someone post a video of Anything that's 5 against 4 or higher? 

[liszt1022]

This doesn't count as "anything but piano" but have a look- The fun starts around 1:46 and goes until 6:37.

Sorry the colors are inverted. Maybe invert your monitor?
Pianist is Idil Biret.

[ted]

To me at least, the sound of simultaneous, precisely integral multiples of notes loses rhythmic point beyond a certain complexity and speed, the aural result being the same as completely asynchronous runs being played. Two or more truly asynchronous rhythms, i.e. not just note strings, going on simultaneously, on the other hand, can be very exciting, and easier than might be supposed, in improvisation anyway, provided you don't actually think too much about what is going on.

[josh93248]

I can do 2 into 3 and a reasonable 3 into 4 that I could probably improve but getting much beyond that seems unnecessary. Just make it sound musical and make sure the right notes are before and after the right notes and that's good enough I think.

[schumaniac]

The end of the first movement of Beethoven 4th (concerto)... I posted a thread asking for help and I didn't get any replies. Well, it is mostly 3 against 4, but there is 3 against 5, 6 against 11, 3 against 7.

Also, Scriabin's music is notorious for its polyrhythms.
If you really want to hear what they sound like, you could put them into a notation program...