Six- Against-Four Polyrhythm Exercises in African-American Funk
By Jonathan Joseph and Steve Rucker
This month we continue with our excerpts from Jonathan Joseph’s book Exercises in African-American Funk: Mangambe, Biktusi, and the Shuffle. We began with last month’s exploration of the three-against-four polyrhythm, the next step in our exploration of African polyrhythms is to learn to hear and play six-against-four. This polyrhythm is very prevalent in West African […]
