Abstract
This chapter, also of an introductory nature, discusses concepts of musical rhythm that will serve as the foundation for the analyses developed over the course of the book. The chapter offers a synthesis of ideas about African rhythm that were developed by ethnomusicologists in the second half of the twentieth century, including time line, contrametricity, and rhythmic oddity. These ideas are related to discussions by Brazilian and Brazilianist musicologists on syncopation in samba and in other genres of Brazilian popular music. Finally, the chapter proposes and discusses new analytical tools for the study of Afro-Brazilian rhythm, namely, the concepts of the “3-3-2 Paradigm” (in reference to the genre’s old style) and the “Estácio Paradigm” (which corresponds to the new style).
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