cross-rhythm

Questions

What does cross-rhythm mean?

Synonym of cross-beat.

Where does cross-rhythm come from?

From cross- + rhythm, introduced in 1934 by the musicologist Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980).

How to pronounce cross-rhythm

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