The Polyrhythm Series
Raw, deep, and brilliantly insightful. Sami Amiris takes you on a tour through rhythmic illusion, phrasing displacement, and cross-meter magic — grounded in real-world piano playing.
A Masterclass in Rhythmic Clarity
This course dives into rhythmic perception and manipulation using real performance examples. Learn how to build time illusions, control phrasing, and break free from your rhythmic defaults — all within structured, musical frameworks.
Each chapter is packed with examples, explained at the piano and backed by Sami’s years of cross-genre experience. You’ll walk away hearing rhythm in a new way.
Chapter 1: 6 over 4 and the Rhythmic Illusion
Discover how grouping 8th note triplets in twos redefines phrasing and creates tension across 4/4 meters.
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Chapter 2: Switching Between Rhythmic Feels
Shift from 16ths to triplets to 9-note groupings — Sami shows how to feel and phrase transitions between subdivisions.
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Chapter 3: Anticipation — Shifting the Measure
Learn how to play ahead of the beat to create forward motion, tension, and shape in time.
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Chapter 4: Metrical Dissonance — 3/4 Over 4/4
Feel what happens when you overlay triple meter phrasing on a 4/4 groove — and how it can free your improvisation.
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Chapter 5: Dotted Quarter Notes & Grouping Eighths
Reframe the pulse by looping eighths in 3s — and discover the dotted quarter illusion that results.
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Chapter 6: Half Note Triplets & Grouping Triplets in Fours
Use four-note groupings of triplets to build half-note triplets and layered time textures.
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