Wait, it's all just in 4/4?

Summary by Krater

This video examines "hypertuplet" and "aksak" grooves in 4/4 time, exploring how unusual tuplets and rhythms can be notated and felt as familiar beats.

From the video

Answers: How do you write and play hypertuplet grooves in 4/4 time?

• Hypertuplet grooves
• Subitizing in music theory
• Note rate and interonset intervals
• Aksak rhythms in Balkan music
• 7-Eleven polyrhythm challenge

What it concludes

• Hypertuplets divide the beat into subdivisions larger than 10.
• Notating hypertuplets in odd time signatures where the numerator is the rate of the tuplet makes the measure feel like individual pulses.
• Playing hypertuplet grooves in 4/4 can feel slow and sleepy because of the wide distance between the kick and snare.
• Aksak rhythms in 11/16 can be felt as 3/4 time due to interonset intervals.
• Shifting between different tuplet subdivisions within the same 4/4 pulse creates a smooth, organic sense of speeding up and slowing down.