SIMPLE RHYTHM CONSTRUCTION SET (PT. 3)

The World's Simplest Rhythms:

The World's Simplest Rhythms: Basic beat keeping:

1)      -       -                       = beat
        . . . . . . . .                 = pulse
        B       B                       = low pitch

Then, adding something between the beats:

2)      -       -			
        . . . . . . . .
        B   O   B   O 	      O = higher pitch

Then, syncopating a note:

 -       -
 . . . . . . . .
 B     O B   O
 l     r l   r		= l&r hands

Building blocks:

O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-
OOOOOOOO
O-O-O-O-
OO--OO--
O-O-OO--

When applied:

O-OO-OO-O-OO-OO-
r rl rl 
O-O-P---OO--P---
r r l   rl  l

O--O--O--O--
rlrlrlrlrlrl
O---O---O---
r l r l r l

become rhythms that can be perceived as being divided in various ways:

|1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4|
|B   O  |B   O  |B   O  |B   O  |

|1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8|1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8|
|O   O O   O O  |O   O O   O O  |

|1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6|
|O O O O O     B B   B   B   B  |

|1 2 3|1 2 3|1 2 3|1 2 3|
|O   O|O   O|O   O|O   O|

|1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4|
|  O   O|  O   O|  O   O|   

|1 2 3 4 5 6|1 2 3 4 5 6|
|O   O O O  |O   O O O  |

|1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2|
|O   O   O O   O   O   O  

|1 2 3 4 5|1 2 3 4 5|
|O   O   O|  O   O  |
|O   O O  |O   O O  |
|B        |B        |

Some components:

|123|   |1&2&|   |123456|     |1&2&3&4&|
|O  |   |O   |   |O     |     |0       |
|OO |   |OO  |   |OO    |     |OO      |
        |O O |   |O O   |     |O O     |
        |OOO |   |OOO   |     |OOO     |
                 |O  O  |     |O  O    |
                 |OO O  |     |OO O    |
                 |O OO  |     |O OO    |
                 |OOOO  |     |OOOO    |
                 |O O O |     |O   O   |
                 |OOO O |     |OO  O   |
                 |OO OO |     |O O O   |
                              |OOO O   |
                              |O  OO   |
                              |OO OO   |
                              |O OOO   |
                              |OOOOO   |
                              |O O  O  |
                              |OOO  O  |
                              |OO O O  |


|1 & 2 &|  |1 & 2 &|  |1 & 2 &|  |1 & 2 &|
|O      |  |O   O  |  |O O O  |  |O O O O|


|1 2 3 4 5 6|  |1 2 3 4 5 6|  |1 2 3 4 5 6|
|O          |  |O P   O    |  |B   B O   O|


|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|  |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|B   B   O     O|  |B     O B   O  |
 r   r   l     l    r     l r   l


|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|  |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|O   O O   O O  |  |O O t   t t t  |
 r   r l   r l      r l r   l r l


|1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3|
|P   O P     P   O P O  |
 l   r l     l   r l r


|1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3|
|P   O P   O P   O   O  |
 l   r l   r l   r   r


|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|O O B   O O S   O O B   O O    |
 r l r   r l r   r l r   r l


|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|O O O O   O P   O   P   O   P  |
 r l r l   r l   r   l   r   l

And, when played with others:

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|    O O     O O|    O O     O O|  high
|O       O      |O       O      |  med
|B   B   B   B  |               |  low


|1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3|1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3|
|O   O       O   O      |O   O       O   O      | high 
|                       |      O     O     O   O| med 
|      B   B   B   B   B|                       | low


|1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3|1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3|
|O   O   O       O   O  |O       O   O   O      | high
|B   B       B     B    |B   B       B   B      | low

When you put these together:

(Please take the following names with a 'sounds like' in front of them. These are designed to be played in a large drum circle by every conceivable combination of drums. Luis)

Frame Obligo

|1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3|1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3|
|  O O   O O   O O   O O|  O O   O O   O O O O O| high conga 
|O   O       O   O      |O   O       O          |framedrums
|                       |      O     O     O   O| mediums 
|      O   O   O   O   O|                       | lows 
|O           O          |O           O          | basses

Banda-Legengo

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|    O O     O O|    O O     O O| highs
|        O O   O|O   O   O O    | mediums
|O   O   P      |O O     P      | lows 
on the fourth repetition:
|O   O   O   O  |O   O   O O    | mediums

Afoxe

|1&2&3&4&1&2&3&4&1&2&3&4&1&2&3&4&|
|O O OO  OO  OO  O O OO  OO  OO  | very highs
|  OO  OO  OO  OO  OO  OO  OO  OO| highs
|    O O     O O     O O O O O O | meds
|O     O         O     O         | lows
on the fourth repetition:
|    O O     O O     O O OO OO O | meds

Atsiagbeko

|1 2 3 1 2 3|1 2 3 1 2 3|
|  O O   O O|  O O   O O| highs
|O   O O   O|O   O O   O|  meds
|M   O   O  |M     M    |  lows