If you heard the McIntosh County Shouters a couple weeks ago at Savannah Music Festival, you may have picked up on rhythms that got your toes tapping one way while your hands clapped another.

If your beats are feeling a little stale or predictable, polyrhythms can be a great way to inject some colour. Taken from the Greek word ‘poly’ - meaning ‘more than one’ - a polyrhythm is a rhythm ...