What do the nafir trumpets and the mazhars play? What kind of polymeter occurs in CD 3:11?
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• The nafir trumpets and the mazhars play a repeating ostinato pattern.
• The metrical rhythmic patterns alternate between six-beat units that are grouped into two groups of three (1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6) and three groups of two
(1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6)—see also explanation of sesquialtera metrical rhythm in Instructor's Manual Chapter 9, Question #9.
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