Editing Harry Partch (section)

===Rhythmic range===
Partch's approach to rhythm ranged from unspecified to complex. In ''Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po'' for the Adapted Viola, Partch "doesn't bother with rhythmic notation at all, but simply directs performers to follow the natural rhythms of the poem."{{sfn|Schell|2018}}  His rhythmic structures that were specified in ''Castor and Pollux'' were far more structured: "Each of the duets last 234 beats. In the first half (Castor) the music alternates between 4 and 5 beats to a bar, and there's usually a rest on the eighth of the nine beats. In the second half (Pollux) the rhythm's a bit more complicated, with six bars of 7 beats alternating with six bars of 9 beats until 234 beats are reached."{{sfn|Schell|2018}}