klukkustundahitastiga
Klukkustundahitastiga is a term that emerged within the field of experimental music theory in the early 2020s. It designates a specific polyrhythmic structure that combines a dominant twelve‑beat pattern with an overlay of a seven‑beat cycle. The name itself is a playful blend of the Finnish word *klukka* (meaning “clatter” or “noise”) and the Icelandic *stund* (meaning “time”), reflecting the cross‑cultural inspiration behind the concept. The suffix *itastiga* refers to the dynamic asymmetry that is introduced when the two cycles remain slightly out of sync, producing a gradual phase shift.
In practice, a klukkustundahitastiga is notated using a tuple of numbers (12,7) where the first number represents
Researchers in the cognitive neuroscience of music have examined klukkustundahitastiga to study how listeners perceive and