Polyrhythmic Tapping

[stevenzane]

Make this a song!



[GrizCC]

Disregard that, as I was probably intoxicated.

[VegasPoker]

but aren't both melodies you are playing in 4/4?

[GrizCC]

@VegasPoker

it's 2 different melodies, not polyrhythmic

8th notes left hand, 16th right

[vitali987]

could i get the tabs for this man? i dunno how to find them on your website

[MrTommyVitale]

By any chance, is this a Maps and Atlases riff?

[bubsadoozy]

@MrTommyVitale  I don't think so.

[MrTommyVitale]

@bubsadoozy gotcha.  Really enjoy it man, good job.

[toolfan5566]

gay

[terran236]

sounds like video game music! awesome! Polyrhythmic music is more common than i once thought. This song reminded me of some mario songs, that are definitely polyrhythmic.

[mikeyonfire18]

Love it! It sounds like Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second.

I'm having a real hard time with it though... it sounds so simple and yet its not... It's like turning right and left at the same time.

[Hentaifreak50]

OH MY SHIT NOW I UNDERSTAND.

[qiman2]

WHAT'S THAT SONNY? COULD YOU SPEAK UP?

[blastdrone]

oh wow

[thewowbud]

i would bu an album of tunes like this...

[mulpatiJi]

that isn't a hemiola, a hemiola is when a bar over laps with another to give the feel of a different time signature than notated, and this isn't even a poly rhythm.

[bpa619]

Yeah really, what smitty said. For a guy who keeps talking about all this studying and lesson and pentatonic bullshit you sure don't know what polyrhythmic actually means.

Pretty stupid too.

[PurpleandStripes]

If I could play this riff I would I would make it into a song. its pretty catchy. It sounds fun to loop with too

[XCMajor]

IT SOUNDS LIKE POKEMON!!!

[JatinderGill9]

This is neither polyrhythmic nor polymetric. It's just simple 4/4 :/

[verigar]

awesome melody!!!

[JoeLerum]

very neat

[xRushBlade]

Such a catchy tune

[ShittyMcPoopyBalls]

Polymeter maybe?

[soundboy89]

Holy shit this is hard to do. Can't get my hands to disconnect from each other.

[GuitarDudeFromBrunei]

dude, this lick just made my day!

[pedro911212]

thats cool. you should make a song out of it. no joke bro

[robzombie676]

love it :D

[TheGuitaristi]

Is there any chance u'd have tabs for the melody part?

[thefishmandude]

@TheGuitaristi if you need tabs for that im sorry

[AndyAngelZ]

misha mansoor = god of polyrhythms

look up periphery - insomnia, crazy ass timing on guitar

[vincentlawrie]

@AndyAngelZ Misha Mansoor doesn't do polyrhythms lol, its all 4/4 with a bit of 7/8 and some syncopation

[NotSoMuchPROs]

lol this song reminded mme of terreria no im not a gamer

[ouija93]

ok, i understand u r very good player and u can play polirytmics.... but do you seriously like that music?

[nbarra101]

Cool

[theMFBH]

You were born 30 years too late! You should've been writing songs for Nintendo!

[JoelLara]

It doesn't sound polyrhythmic. I can easily determine that this is played in 4/4 time and usually polyrhythms are played in some crazy ass time signature.

[HitmanJenkins1]

@JoelLara This is a Crossrhythm, which is, technically speaking, a form of Polyrhythm, not all Polyrhythms are in crazy time sigs either, you can easily have 3/4 over a 4/4 and it'll still be considered Polyrhythmic

[JoelLara]

@HitmanJenkins1 It's still a simple 4/4 over 4/4 tune. Think of the octave tapping on the two lower strings as a "bassline" or rhythm guitar and the little riff on the higher strings as a melody played by the lead guitarist. The bassline plays alternating C octaves for a measure then alternating B octaves for a measure while the melody is played for a measure then repeated for the second measure. It's a nice video and all but I expected something technical. I hear 4/4 all the time.

[HitmanJenkins1]

@JoelLara It's still a pretty neat tune, regardless of the time sig, I may have gotten my definition of Cross Rhythm wrong, it's been ages since I studied music theory

[JoelLara]

@HitmanJenkins1 I do agree that it sounds neat. Sounds like something I'd hear in a video game. Music doesn't always have to be technical or polyrhythmic. Even simple tunes can have deep meanings.

[HitmanJenkins1]

A Hemiola is actually triple time played as if it were duple time, what you said in the description is just a Polyrhythm which is slightly different, but it's nice to see a guitarist who gets the basic jist of it

[allstar550]

Sounds like something from Sonic the Hedgehog.....which is a good thing!

[aakkoin]

yep... both are in 4/4

[deadnose]

i learned this. twas really fun. thanks for the video.

[ShadowCrowX]

oooh thats a cool idea, I wanna write more tapping riffs like that

[Jordy666sic]

haha, very cool idea man (:

[karli34]

Really inspiring short lesson to improve hand independency. I like those patterns and they are plain fun playing :)

Please make more of this fun stuff available and thanks for sharing!

[jayrf4]

did you make this into a song? if you did I'd LOVE to hear it.

[jakekarlson]

I thought polyrhythmic was when each hand was tapping in a different timing...

[smitty010493]

Its not polyrhythmic, but it is tapping two differant melodies

[HeliosFramework]

@smitty010493 Beat me to it. Cool little riff none the less!

[stevenk113]

@smitty010493 Actually, he's playing hemiolas, which is a rhythm in triple meter laid over a duple meter so he really is playing polyrhythmically, although that's not really the correct term

[DIEGO7CUERDAS]

@smitty010493 Actually, only the right hand is doing a melody, the left hand is only using a bass line, not a melody

[PinkDickful]

@smitty010493 ??? i thought this was polyrythmic. there both playing different rythms no matter the melodies.

[ihaveTENTACLES]

Sounds like it should be on Yoshi's Island!

THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME

[fizensguitar]

it sounds good but is it a polyrhythm? u r playing 4/4 with both of ur hands i think. while with the right ur doing straight 8ths, with ur left u are doing 4 groups of 3 16ths and a group of 4 16ths (16 16ths = 4/4).

[Lordofdayandnight]

Awsome, this is a good lesson, thanks! curious...what are you playing?

[brettskelly]

Thanks! Sorry the audio is delayed. I play a Peavey signature series.

[Lordofdayandnight]

Exaplins the quality even over video cam. And I was refering to the song, it seems so familiar.

[brettskelly]

ha! sorry, it's just an exercise I made up.

[XCMajor]

@Lordofdayandnight Sounds like pokémon

[Tang526]

i can listen to this stuff all day

[Tang526]

wow i like htis.. but how do you go about creating this?

[brettskelly]

this exercise is really just combining two concepts. I have one on RH beginning tapping mixed with pentatonic scales. I'll post it soon. Also, try to track down "Polyrhythmic and Polymetric Studies, (1990), Berben 3320" by Dusan Bogdanovic. It's discontinued now but it's well worth the search!