Editing Polyrhythm (section)

=== Composite hemiola ===
The four-note [[ostinato]] pattern of [[Mykola Leontovych]]'s "[[Carol of the Bells]]" (the first measure below) is the composite of the two-against-three [[hemiola]] (the second measure).

{{Block indent|<score sound="1">
    \new Staff <<
       \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn
       \mergeDifferentlyDottedOn
       \new voice \relative c'' {
          \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 136
          \key g \minor
          \time 3/4

          bes4 a8 bes g4 \bar "||"
          \stemDown bes4 a g \bar "||"
       }
       \new voice \relative c'' {
          s2.
          \stemUp bes4. bes
       }
    >>
</score>}}

Another example of polyrhythm can be found in measures 64 and 65 of the first movement of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Piano Sonata No. 12 (Mozart)|Piano Sonata No. 12]]. Three evenly-spaced sets of three attack-points span two measures.

{{Block indent|<score sound="1">
    { \new PianoStaff <<
        \new Staff <<
            \set Score.currentBarNumber = #62
            \bar ""

            \relative c' {
                \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 160
                \clef treble
                \key f \major
                \time 3/4

                <d aes'>8 <d aes'> r <d aes'> r <d aes'>
                <d g> <d g> r <d g> r <d g>
                <c g'> <c g'> r <c g'> <c f>[ <c f>]
                r <c f> <b f'>[ <b f'>] r <b f'>
                }
            >>
        \new Staff <<
            \relative c, {
                \clef bass
                \key f \major
                \time 3/4

                <bes bes'>4 d' f
                <ees, ees'> g' bes
                <aes,, aes'> aes'' <d,, d'>
                d'' <g,,, g'> g''
                }
            >>
    >> }
</score>}}