Against the Grid: Explorations in Musical Rhythm | Pascal Le Boeuf

Let's start with an experiment. I want you all to snap or tap or clap this regularly occurring pulse. Now, I want you to keep doing that and I want you to think about a rhythm.Don't sing it or clap it. Just think about it. It can be something you were listening to earlier. It can be something you're making up. Okay, you got it.Okay, good. We did it. Nice job.Um, now I'd be willing to bet that the majority, vast majority, overwhelming majority of people here were thinking about a rhythm that subdivides that ...