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I built a tool where music becomes geometry… is this useful or just cool?

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I've developed a free web app https://erhythm.org/ (disclosure: I'm the developer), it's a visual, interactive rhythm composer inspired by Godfried Toussaint's "The Geometry of Musical Rhythm". The core idea is simple: rhythm is represented as geometry. You place beats on a circle, the active beats connect to form a polygon, and you can immediately hear the pattern. Euclidean rhythms, polyrhythms, and world rhythms all become visually intuitive this way. As music educators or experienced musicians, do you think a geometry-based visual approach like this has real pedagogical value for beginners who haven't yet learned to read notation? Specifically I'm wondering:

Can seeing rhythm as a polygon on a circle help a pre-notation learner feel and internalize rhythm more naturally? Would you consider integrating something like this into early lessons? Are there risks or limitations to this approach compared to starting with traditional notation?

As a live example, here is a Bembé Afro-Cuban rhythm you can play and interact with directly:
👉 Try it here — https://erhythm.org/composer/r/bembe-afro-cuban?utm_source=youngcomposers.com

I'd appreciate honest, critical feedback from anyone with teaching or learning experience.

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Edited by Erhythm

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