The Musician's Guide to Polyrhythms
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The Musician's Guide to Polyrhythms is a study guide by American author, drummer and percussionist Peter Magadini. Musician's Guide to Polyrhythms Vol. I was written in 1967 and published in 1968. Musician's Guide to Polyrhythms Vol. II was written in 1970 and published in 1971[1] and was (at the time) a continuation of Vol. l. The first publisher (Try Publishing, Hollywood, Ca.) published both volumes separately. These volumes have since been combined into one single volume called Polyrhythms: The Musicians Guide and is now published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation.
Author | Peter Magadini |
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Original title | The Musician's Guide to Polyrhythms Vol. I & II |
Language | English |
Subject | A Study of Polyrhythms for Musicians |
Genre | Music Textbook |
Publisher | Try Publishing, Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation |
Publication date | 1993 / 2001 |
Media type | Print, paperback and digital |
Pages | 66 pp |
ISBN | 978-0634032837 |
Both books were written after Peter had studied with North Indian Tabla Drum Master, Mahapurush Misra,[2] who was teaching and playing with Usted Ali Akbar Khan in a summer program of North Indian Classical Music at the University of California, Berkeley campus in 1966. Realizing the need for a pedagogical system of study for musicians using the “western” system of notation; Magadini re-configured the concepts and coined the phrase “time ratios”, which describes the mathematical ratios of polymeters as they relate to each other. Magadini also introduced in these volumes a new way to write “Polyrhythmic Time Signatures”. Both volumes deal with polymeters and polyrhythms, and are presented, in a step-by-step manner, through exercises and etudes that progress from easy to difficult.