The Music StemFree lessons

The Music Stem / The Musician's Library / Composer's Handbook / Rhythmic Displacement

Composer's Handbook

Rhythmic Displacement

Rhythmic displacement shifts a motif to a different position in the bar.

Try this

Bring a motif back one eighth note later than it first appeared.

Example

A figure that began on beat 1 now begins on the “and” of 1.

Open it in the Library →

Nearby in this book