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Rhythmicons

Scope note

Electronic percussion instruments developed in the 1930s, involving a series of rotating wheels that interrupt beams of light to produce complex rhythms very precisely, controlled from a keyboard.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000216724

Broader Terms used

electronic instruments

Term used for

polyrhythmicons

Equivalent Terms used

rhythmicon

Created

13yrs ago

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