From Plato to Eurodance - The Western idea of rhythm and its impact on the Usta sequencer

Today we'll approach the USTA sequencer from a more historical perspective. We'll take a look at the Western concepts of rhythm, meter, and tempo, from Plato to the present day, and we'll apply them to a test sequence.
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Time stamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:01 What is rhythm? (feat. Plato)
03:15 What is meter? (feat. Quintilian and Cicero)
08:16 Rhythm and meter in western music
10:04 What is tempo?
11:24 On to the modular: rhythm and meter on the Usta sequencer
14:55 Emphasizing implied metric structures with articulation
17:46 Polyrhythmic structures on the USTA
18:46 Polimetric structures
21:03 Multitempos: mixing different BPMs
22:27 Closing remarks
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[@NickVu]

I enjoy all your videos, but this was fantastic. I would love more lessons on complex rhythmic structure.

[@FrapTools]

Thank you so much! We'll try to think about other videos!

[@bobbfett.musiclab]

Great tutorial

[@FrapTools]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@chrismuir7093]

A particularly good one. I loved going back to the Greeks for some serious grounding.

[@FrapTools]

Thank you so much Chris! Yeah framing the words we use is always a nice practice to do when trying to understand what we're talking about.