{"id":3279,"date":"2021-09-01T18:14:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T22:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:07:37","slug":"ostinato-of-3-cross-rhythms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/ostinato-of-3-cross-rhythms\/","title":{"rendered":"Ostinato of 3 + cross-rhythms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As fall approaches we begin to think of bonfires, homecoming games and ostinatos with cross-rhythms. No? Ok, me neither, but how about some ostinatos with cross-rhythms anyway? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was hoping you’d say that. I recorded a slow meditative track with an ostinato (repeating pattern) of 3 against cross-rhythms of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Practice suggestions: step the left hand, clap (or play on a hand drum) the right. It is a predictable system (with one quirk – can you find it?), so the best way to learn it is to try it first as an canon, either at the measure, or at two measures. Once you know the pattern you can move it simultaneously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other possibilities: choreograph another way besides hands and feet; invent your own system that will produce cross-cross rhythms; improvise other patterns in the two measures in between each one. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check the “Classes<\/a>” page for the updated fall schedule. Adult classes are all in-person with online options. This is a rather advanced exercise, and I’m hoping to add a drop-in class that will be post-Certificate this fall. That will be online, too. Check back later for details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drop me a line and let me know what you’d like to practice, and I’ll do my best to accommodate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n