Perimeter Rhythms: Algebra 4-5

Any musician that wants to learn how to improvise needs to get really great at rearranging rhythms in their head. Let's just take a peek into that world for a moment to see how math requires the same mental moves. We're going to play around with some equations, and see if we can think of them as rhythms we can rearrange. All we're going to ask you is: how can we make both rhythms last the same amount of time?

By Gabriel Turow