Making Music with Polyrhythms

In this course, Josh Bess explains how to create new musical ideas with the use of polyrhythmic rhythms. Although these ideas can sound mathematical at first, Josh demonstrates how to simplify them to incorporate new and useful techniques into your music creation process.

Videos

• Introduction (02:13) - Josh Bess opens up the webinar with an explanation of the topics for the day, along with welcoming new and returning guests to the live-webinar event.

• Making Music with Polyrhythms (Lesson) (22:20) - Josh Bess explains how to create music with the use of polyrhythms along with other techniques to add to your music creation and workflow.

• Experimenting with Technical Ideas (00:34) - Josh answers a question from live-webinar attendees about creating new songs while experimenting with technical ideas.

• Playing in 5/4 by Ear (02:04) - Josh answers a question regarding playing in 5/4 by ear without a click track.

• Global Time Signature vs. Clip Time Signature (04:32) - Josh answers a question about the difference between the global time signature and the clip time signature.

• Switching Between 4/4 Time & 5/5 Time in Ableton Live (07:27) - Josh answers an attendees question on automatically switching between 4/4 time and 5/5 time with Ableton Live.

• Manually Changing the Click to the Recording Time Signature (03:40) - In this video, Josh answers a questions from live-webinar attendee about manually changing the click to the time signature you are recording.

• Letting a Specific Element Guide the Others (09:44) - Josh answers a question about letting one specific element guide the other elements.

• Adding Drums to the Ideas for a Reference (06:47) - Josh adds some drums to a few examples.

• Webinar Outro (00:49) - Josh closes out the live webinar, and explains how to tune into the upcoming free live-webinar event.