Group rhythm practice advances from felt heartbeat to polyrhythmic composition.
Evidence
The group progresses from sensing heartbeat and studying reaction time, to clapping or walking a group tempo, to learning complex polyrhythmic patterns and composing for the circle. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 113
Categorization
- XREF: Builds on the somatic attunement theme from earlier in the book; also connects to the reader’s interest in how attention is trained by degrees. — connects to: Group rhythm practice trains detection of subtle rate shifts. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 270; Pre-metronome musical tempo was set to the human pulse — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 749; Group pulse cycles reveal individual attention lapses. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 268 (+1 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 113
Broader Connections
- Pre-metronome musical tempo was set to the human pulse
#expands(0.80) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 749 - A constant pulse stream can be re-perceived by accent groupings.
#expands(0.65) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 262 - Group pulse cycles reveal individual attention lapses.
#corroborates(0.55) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 268