Common questions about polyrhythms and about the metronome itself. If your question is not here, open an issue and it will get answered.
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A polyrhythm is two rhythms with different beat counts played across the same span of time. In a 3 against 4 polyrhythm, one voice divides the bar into three even beats while another divides it into four. Both lines start together on the downbeat and drift apart until they line up again at the top of the next bar.
Any ratio from 2:4 up to 16:4 against the 4/4 reference track, including 3:4, 5:4 and 7:4. You can stack several layers at once to build compound patterns.
Yes. Practice mode raises the tempo by a set number of BPM every few bars, so you can start a passage slow and work it up to speed without touching the controls.
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A polyrhythm fits different beat counts into the same bar length, so the cycles realign every bar. A polymeter keeps the beat length the same but gives each part a different bar length, so the parts take much longer to line up again.