Encyclopedia of rhythms : instrumental forms of harmony : a massive collection of rhythm patterns (evolved according to the Schillinger theory of interference) arranged in instrumental form

»This is a practical handbook of rhythm patterns, one that performers, students, teachers, arrangers, and composers have needed for centuries. In easily usable form, it presents for the first time, the entire range of rhythm resources, making accessible to all who are interested in music the most novel, the most complex, and the most simple rhythm forms. One finds patterns that have been used again and again down the years, also hundreds that have never been used before. This is a book to be studied and treasured.« This Da Capo Press edition of 'Encyclopedia of Rhythms' is an unabridged republication of the first edition published in New York in 1966. The most original and novel phase of Schillinger's approach was that it was the first system of musical theory based, not on harmony, but on rhythm. To be sure, he conceived of rhythm in more comprehensive terms than simply the variation of metre achieved by manipulating note durations, accents, rests and tempo. This is a book of rhythm resources. By Joseph Schillinger. Reprint Of The Ed. Published By C. Colin, New York.