That was awesome... and nearly danceable which is saying a lot for a Steve Reich tune.

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Steve Reich uses a lot of 'phase shifting' in his music. This is when a rhythmic pattern is played by two performers where one of the the performers keeps the pattern at a constant tempo while the other performer plays at a slightly faster tempo. The effect of this would be similar to two signal lights on cars coming into sync with each other and then going out of sync. This piece, however, simply takes a musical phrase clapped by two performers but the second performer shifts the rhythm by an eighth-note over and over again until they line up. That's why it's more danceable. >> ^oohlalasassoon:

That was awesome... and nearly danceable which is saying a lot for a Steve Reich tune.

No officer, I was, er, just practicing for this musical performance I've got coming up...

Thanks Fusionaut I knew there had to be a scientific explanation; again, being that it's a Steve Reich tune.