BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
6104 / 18210 · Workshop 43 — “Blue Rondo à la Turk”: 9/8 as 2+2+2+3, Additive Rhythm, Switching Between Odd Meter and Swing, and Keeping Form During Metric Changes← prev⊞ allnext →

43.51Motif length 4

A four-eighth motif repeated continuously across 9/8 will rotate through the bar.

The alignment returns after 36 eighths:

four bars of 9/8.

You do not need to calculate this while playing.

But it makes a great composition device.