14 definitions by Sommy
n.
1. A section of music featuring two independent pulses of different speeds playing against each other within the same time frame. For instance, a quarter note triplet in 4/4 meter is a simple polyrhythm in which 3 notes betas take the same time and space of 2 quarter notes of the 4/4 value. Not to be confused with hemiola.
1. A section of music featuring two independent pulses of different speeds playing against each other within the same time frame. For instance, a quarter note triplet in 4/4 meter is a simple polyrhythm in which 3 notes betas take the same time and space of 2 quarter notes of the 4/4 value. Not to be confused with hemiola.
by Sommy July 9, 2004
n.
1. A large mass of land under the control of the great Khan/Mongolian empire.
2. A contemporary doom metal band consisting of former members of OLD, Burning Witch, Thorr's Hammer, and Blind Idiot God and current members of (among others) Sunn0))). Possibly one of the slowest, loudest, and creepiest doom metal bands ever, especially since much of the music is coupled with bass player James Plotkin's fantastic sequencing work.
1. A large mass of land under the control of the great Khan/Mongolian empire.
2. A contemporary doom metal band consisting of former members of OLD, Burning Witch, Thorr's Hammer, and Blind Idiot God and current members of (among others) Sunn0))). Possibly one of the slowest, loudest, and creepiest doom metal bands ever, especially since much of the music is coupled with bass player James Plotkin's fantastic sequencing work.
by Sommy March 22, 2005
n.
1. A phrase of music notated in a particular meter, but accented as though it were written in another. When played against the backdrop of the initial time signature, the "revolving" time signature feels as though it is moving around the other one.
2. Another term for hemiola
1. A phrase of music notated in a particular meter, but accented as though it were written in another. When played against the backdrop of the initial time signature, the "revolving" time signature feels as though it is moving around the other one.
2. Another term for hemiola
by Sommy July 9, 2004
"Hey brometheus, you're not welcome here -- get outta here before my friends see you and spontaneously become fans of World of Warcraft."
by Sommy December 15, 2008
by Sommy July 10, 2004
n.
1. What Flava Flav bought when he realized that he'd have to save money for his daughter to go to college.
1. What Flava Flav bought when he realized that he'd have to save money for his daughter to go to college.
by Sommy July 9, 2004
n.
1. A term that encompasses most all modern progressive rock or metal that places emphasis on time signature modulation and meter as opposed to dynamics, melody, or harmony. "Math rock/metal" encompasses everything from the jazzier leanings of post rock act Slint, to the phrase swapping and odd meters of the Dillinger Escape Plan, and even the hemiola and polyrhythm experiments of bands like Meshuggah and Tool.
2. A term often falsely described as "intelligent music" by people who simply regurgitate what they are told and apparently have no idea how to count.
1. A term that encompasses most all modern progressive rock or metal that places emphasis on time signature modulation and meter as opposed to dynamics, melody, or harmony. "Math rock/metal" encompasses everything from the jazzier leanings of post rock act Slint, to the phrase swapping and odd meters of the Dillinger Escape Plan, and even the hemiola and polyrhythm experiments of bands like Meshuggah and Tool.
2. A term often falsely described as "intelligent music" by people who simply regurgitate what they are told and apparently have no idea how to count.
Math rock/metal requires concentration.
by Sommy July 9, 2004