polyrhythm and different rhythms

Rhythm - or stress, or beat, or pulse - is essential when speaking languages - especially English:

Jay Doubleyou: the basics of music

It's a basic part of music:

How Music Works with Howard Goodall - 02 - Rhythm (Full Show) - YouTube

And it's very much about the music of the [English] language:

Jay Doubleyou: rhyme rhythm repeat: the cumulative song or tale: "this is the house that jack built"

Jay Doubleyou: a curvaceous young phoneme called schwa...

With A Little Help From My Friends - YouTube and JOE COCKER With A Little Help From My Friends 1969 Woodstock - YouTube

And all of this will help students to speak with a 'natural rhythm' in English:

Jay Doubleyou: sound scripting

But what about other rhythms?

Rhythmic mode | African drumming, Polyrhythms & Syncopation | Britannica

With a bit of explanation:

Looking at More Complex Polyrhythms - Music Theory Crash Course - YouTube

New Horizons in Music: Polyrhythms | Loop - YouTube

Songs that use Polyrhythms & Polymeters - YouTube

And some examples from popular and folk music:

God Only Knows (Remastered 1999) - YouTube

Acapella Georgian Polyphonic Singing - YouTube

Tony Allen & Hypnotic Brass feat Baaba Mal - Ise Nla - LIVE@Broad Casting, London 29/01/09 - YouTube

Chaabi. That Moroccan groove that made you go WHHAAATTTTTT - YouTube

Mongo Santamaria - Afro Blue - YouTube

Butour Ngale - African polyrhythm demonstration - YouTube

And from jazz and classical:

Clapping Music (1972) / Steve Reich - YouTube

West Side Story - Cool (1961) HD - YouTube

West Side Story (4/10) Movie CLIP - America (1961) HD - YouTube

West Side Story ' Dance at the Gym ' Mambo 日本語字幕 - YouTube

And with different time signatures:

Dancing at Dusk — A moment with Pina Bausch'.. — Video | VK

Gustav Holst - Mars - YouTube

Finally:

Jay Doubleyou: how classical music brings people together

And where to go next:

Jay Doubleyou: talking about music - on audio

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